Academic Integrity Research Paper

Academic Integrity Academic integrity….its two words that have come out the mouth of every teacher at the beginning of every year, but what does it mean. The easy answer when this question is asked is to just say don’t cheat but it means more than that. Academic integrity boils down to character at the student, professor, and university level. At the student level academic integrity is 100% character. Does the student turn his/her work in on time, and if they don’t the student is honest with the professor and tells them that they were unable to complete the assignment before the due date instead of being the dog ate my homework kind of student. Academic integrity is a student who studies for every exam, and is confident in their abilities come test day. They don’t feel the need to cheat to protect their own self-interest (Buchmann) nor do they knowingly allow other students to cheat off them. …show more content…
They do this by getting to know their students, and by know their students I don’t mean just know their names. I mean know their strengths, their weaknesses, a student’s writing style. Anything that can help them further educate young minds. Academic integrity for a professor is actually teaching and taking pride in their work by taking small actions like returning tests, papers, and other assignments when promised. Keeping the posted office hours. Answering Electronic queries within a specified time period. Content details are not fudged. Mistakes are acknowledged and corrected. (Weimer). Most importantly academic integrity for a professor is just being there for their students. As an educator, a friend, and a resource whenever a student is in