Esr Project Zero Clear Case

[Brook Mithani]

Case2009/2010-129-130-Two Seniors submitted a portion of a homework assignment along with a test to be graded. While grading the reporter noted the submission was a screen shot of the posted KEY for the homework grade. The reporter alleges the students plagiarized the instructors posted answers to the problem and did not complete the work for the problem. The students requested a meeting with the reporter. During the meeting the students provided copies of the work they completed and claimed to have submitted during the exam. However, upon closer inspection discrepancies in the two documents were pointed out by the reporter. The students admitted they created a screen shot of the homework Key and submitted it as their own. The Professor sanctioned the students with a one letter grade reduction in the overall course grade and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course offered through the Honor & Integrity System.Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-128-A Sophomore is alleged to have engaged in plagiarism. While the student was working on the paper the instructor reviewed the paper twice and each time pointed out instances of plagiarism. Expectations were set by the instructor for citation expectations in both of these meetings. When the student submitted the final paper it contained plagiarized content. The Assistant Professor sanctioned the student with a zero on the assignment. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-127-A Junior is alleged to have engaged in plagiarism. The student submitted two final assignments for the semester. The instructor noted both contained instances of plagairism. The student was given the opportunity to correct both assignments and resubmit for a grade. While grading the final submissions the instructor again found instances of plagairized text that were taken directly from a source without attribution. The Assistant Professor sanctioned the student with an XF in the course and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-126-A Graduate student is alleged to have engaged in plagiarism. The student submitted a project for grading. Following the submission and presentation one of the faculty members who had been working with the student attended a conference where a similar project was featured. The faculty member conducted a more detailed investigation and discovered too many similarities to be coincidental. Upon meeting with the student the faculty member ultimately discovered the student had used the original project as a model for the students project plagiarizing multiple facets of the original project. The Assistant Professor sanctioned the student with a zero on the assignment and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-125-A Freshman is alleged to have engaged in falsification. The student was required to conduct and interview with an industry mentor. Upon receiving a summary of the meeting and accompanying documentation the instructed noted some discrepancies and contacted the mentor. The mentor stated he did not participate in a mentoring process with the student and did not discuss the contents of the summary of the meeting. The Associate Dean sanctioned the student with a zero on the assignments, a grade cap of a B in the course, and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-124-Three Freshman are alleged to have engaged in plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration. The students submitted review sheet for grading. The students were given explicit instructions that they were not allowed to work on the review with any other students. Upon grading the instructor noted two papers that consisted of multiple identical wrong responses to the questions. In talking with the two students they admitted working together to complete the review sheet. They also identified a third student who was in a different section as having worked with them. Upon checking the papers from that section the instructor was able to identify the identically incorrect responses on that students paper as well. The Graduate Teaching Assistant sanctioned the students with a zero on the assignment and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-123-A Senior and is alleged to have engaged in falsification. The student submitted an "accounting of hours" log indicating completion of 170 hours for a practicum experience. The instructor called to verify completion of the practicum experience. He was informed by the supervisor the student attended the first two months of the practicum but did not return. All supervisors were shown the log and indicated the student was not present during the times that were initialed and that the initials were not written in the handwriting of any of the four direct supervisors. The Instructor sanctioned the student with an XF in the course and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-122-A Freshman is alleged to have plagiarized. The student submitted two papers which were copied directly from two different paper Internet paper sites. The Associate Professor sanctioned the student with a zero on each assignment and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-121-Three Freshmen and Two Sophomores are alleged to have engaged unauthorized collaboration. The students submitted an extra credit assignment for grading. Upon grading the assignment the instructor noted a similar incorrect response at the bottom of five of the 60 submitted papers. Upon comparing the five papers the instructor noted that nearly all of the responses were identical including multiple incorrect responses. The instructor had address the problem of collaboration early in the semester when it was discovered that students were completing work together. The instructor made clear the expectation for the course was that students were to do their own work. The Assistant Professor sanctioned the students with a zero on the assignments and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-120-A Junior is alleged to have engaged in unauthorized collaboration on a final exam. The instructor distributed three different versions of the final exam during class. The students responses for the last five problems are identical to the correct responses for a different version of the test. The Associate Professor believes the student copied from the student sitting in the next seat. The responses on the students paper are of a variety which could not be generated by a misunderstanding of the material. The Associate Professor sanctioned the student with an XF in the course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-119-A Freshman is alleged to have engaged in unauthorized collaboration. The student was witnessed to be looking at another student's paper during an in-class exam. Two individuals, the GTA and the Instructor witnessed the student looking at the scantron sheet of the student sitting in the adjacent seat. The instructor compared the scantron sheets and noted 49 out of 50 answers were the same. The student was confronted by the Instructor and admitted to copying from the student in the next seat. The Assistant Professor sanctioned the student with a zero on the exam. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-118-A Junior is alleged to have engaged in plagiarism. The student submitted a paper which contained plagiarized text from the sitewww.lotsofessays.com. Upon discovering this plagiarism the paper was returned to the student with the expectation that the student correct the paper and resubmit for a final grade. The student failed to resubmit the paper. The GTA sanctioned the student with a cap on the course grade of a D and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-117-A Freshman is alleged to have engaged in unauthorized collaboration. The student requested permission to sit for a final exam earlier due to the need to attend a wedding. The instructor granted the student permission to take the exam two days early. The student was placed in a room to take the exam and instructed not to use any electronic devices while taking the exam. The student was monitored via a mounted video camera which was located in the room. The professor noted the student taking pictures of the exam with a cell phone. The instructor informed the Department Head who entered the room and requested the cell phone. He also asked the student why the student was taking pictures of the exam. The student originally denied taking the pictures. Later the student admitted taking pictures of the exam at the request of a friend. Screen-shots from the video show the student taking pictures and the pictures were retrieved from the cell phone. The Professor sanctioned the student with a cap on the course grade of a C and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course. Case Closed.

Case #2009/2010-116-A Sophomore is alleged to have engaged in plagiarism. The student submitted a paper containing words and phrases that are not typical of that used by undergraduate students. The instructor used a "Google" search engine to determine the original author of the text. The instructor discovered two internet sources from which significant portions of text were copied and pasted into the paper submitted by the student. The Instructor sanctioned the student with a zero on the assignment and the requirement to enroll in and successfully complete the Development and Integrity course.Case Closed.

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