Integrity Council

Integrity Council News Stories

  • "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.

  • "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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