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24 J.C. & U.L. 97 (1997-1998)
Applying the Power of Association on Campus: A Model Code of Academic Integrity

handle is hein.journals/jcolunly24 and id is 107 raw text is: APPLYING THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION ON CAMPUS: A MODEL CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY GARY PAVELA* INTRODUCTION Institutions of higher education are paying renewed attention to the importance of academic integrity and the value of traditional honor codes.' Reasons for this development include an apparent increase in academic dishonesty by undergraduate students; the withdrawal of some faculty members from the full scope of responsibilities traditionally associated with teaching and mentoring students; the need for a shared set of values to revitalize a sense of community on campus; and the expansion of student autonomy as the exercise of disciplinary authority in loco parentis wanes. The Model Code that follows is designed to assist college administrators and lawyers in developing academic integrity policies that can accommodate these trends, and the new collegiate environment coming with them. I. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IS PERVASIVE, AND BECOMING WORSE The most extensive recent research on college student and faculty attitudes toward academic dishonesty has been done by Professor Donald L. McCabe at the Graduate School of Management at Rutgers University.2 * Director of Judicial Programs, University of Maryland at College Park. Editor, SYNTHESIS: LAW AND POLICY IN HIGHER EDUCATION and SYNFAX WEEKLY REPORT. Past President, National Center for Academic Integrity. Portions of this article draw upon the author's previous writing related to student development and academic integrity, including the 1996 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) White Paper: GARY PAVELA, THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION: DEFINING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (1996) [hereinafter DEFINING]; GARY PAVELA, Academic Integrity and Student Development, MONOGRAPH (1988); and related articles in SYNTHESIS: LAW AND POLICY IN HIGHER EDUCATION and SYNFAx WEEKLY REPORT. 1. See Gary Pavela & Donald L. McCabe, The Surprising Return of Honor Codes, PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Summer 1993). Schools adopting some kind of honor code in recent years include the University of Maryland at College Park, Georgia Tech, and George Washington University. The clearest evidence of heightened national interest in issues related to academic integrity was the creation of the National Center for Academic Integrity in 1992. The Center is a consortium of over 100 colleges and universities that collaborate on academic integrity policies and procedures. Further information is available at <http'//www.nwu.edu/vacc/ca/>. 2. See Donald L. McCabe & Linda Klebe Trevino, Academic Dishonesty: Honor Codes and Other Contextual Influences, 64 J. HIGHER EDUC. 522 (1993) [hereinafter Academic Dishonesty]; Donald L. McCabe, Academic Integrity: What the Latest Research Shows, 5 SYNTHESIS 340 (1993) [hereinafter Academic Integrity].