Integrity Council News Stories

  • "Our View: Academic integrity class a wake-up call for cheaters" An editorial opinion piece supporting the DYUI class and the idea of rehabilitation instead of automatic expulsion. OU Daily 02/15/2011
  • "New class aims to curb academic misconduct" An article discussing the DYUI program and what it means to be a peer educator. Quotes from several peer educators included. OU Daily 02/15/2011
  • "Integrity 'something that needs to be talked about'" Breea discusses the Second Annual Integrity Forum, hosted by the Integrity Council and the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium. OU Daily 11/11/2010
  • "Cheaters to learn about academic integrity" Aaron Gleason and Breea Clark discuss details of the "Do You Understand Integrity" (DYUI) program. OU Daily 10/26/2010
  • "Integrity Council petitions for Code reform" Recap of the passage of a UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress resolution drafted by IC member Bret Stidham that calls for reforms to the current Academic Integrity Code. The resolution passed unamiously. OU Daily 10/21/2010
  • "Integrity Council wants university-wide academic misconduct program" Dr. Heiser, Elizabeth Miracle, and Zekiel Johnson discuss cheating and a possible new academic misconduct program. OU Daily 4/21/2010
  • "OU Integrity Council Stands Out, Officials Say"    Breea and members discuss the name change, and the "Do You Understand Integrity" program. OU Daily 2/12/2010
  • "UOSA Honor Council hosts first Integrity Forum" A recap of the Council's first annual Integrity Forum, a panel of six professionals from a wide variety of fields discussing the importance of integrity in their respective careers. OU Daily 11/16/2009
  • "Cheating 2.0"   Faculty and the HC's Dr. Heiser and Eric Hansen discuss cheating using cell phones, graphing calculators, etc. OU Daily 4/30/2008
  • "Copy-cats"   Dr. Greg Heiser was quoted in a Tulsa World article about the Internet and plagiarism. The article describes how the Internet gives people access to so much information that many of today's students see plagiarism as acceptable; it suggests that new types of assignments from professors may be needed.
  • "Counsel Available for Appealing 'Cheating, Fighting and Drinking'"   OU Daily 9/27/2007
  • "Some Students May Face Finals by Cheating"   OU Daily 5/2/2007
  • "Report examines types, trends in cheating on OU campus" The Oklahoman 12/13/2006 Story about the Honor Council from the state-wide paper. (© The Oklahoman)
  • "How TurnItIn Works"   OU Daily 11/28/2006
  • "Plagiarize This"   OU Daily 11/28/2006
  • "Software to help OU fight plagiarism"   OU Daily 8/24/2006 Workings of and discussion on Turnitin.com.
  • "Wik-ed Web"   OU Daily 8/31/2006 Article on Wikipedia misuses.
  • "Software to help OU fight plagiarism"   OU Daily 8/24/2006
         Read our Turnitin.com Best Practices guide.

  • "Plagiarism Charges Laid Against Students"   OU Daily 5/30/2006 Article about charges brought against students, plagiarism, OU's misconduct system, and academic integrity in general.

  • "Detecting Plagiarism Easier with Web Site"   OU Daily 3/26/2006 Another explanation of OU's use of Turnitin.com.

  • "Academic Integrity on the Rise at OU"   OU Daily 10/26/2005 Statistics on the number of misconduct cases coming down.

  • "Service Aims to Help Catch Cheaters"   OU Daily 2/8/2005 Opinions from administrators, faculty, and students on Turnitin.com.

  • "Good Conduct"   OU Daily 1/25/2005 Summary of and comments on misconduct survey.

  • "Academic Misconduct Cases Diminish After New Policy"   OU Daily 8/26/2004 Explanation of and reasons for admonition penalty. (Please note: students are not "tried by the OU Student Association" as stated in the last paragraph. Cases may go before a hearing. These panels do, indeed, consist of three faculty members from the college of the professor bringing the charges and two students, which might be UOSA Honor Council members.)

  • "GSS Approves Statement of Academic Integrity"   OU Daily 12/08/2003 Report on passing of the integrity pledge and UOSA Honor Council creation legislation in the Graduate Student Senate. Read the legislation.

  • "OU Needs Honesty Oath"   OU Daily 11/20/2003 Op ed following the Student Congress meeting where the integrity pledge was passed.

  • "Congress Passes Honesty Policy"   OU Daily 11/19/2003 Report of the Student Congress meeting where the integrity pledge was passed, including interview with former chair Pal Randhawa.

  • "Cheating, 21st Century Style: the Internet Can Put Plagiarism a Mouse-Click Away for Students"    OU Daily 6/4/2001 Role of technology in facilitating academic misconduct and finding it.

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