San Diego State University Academic Integrity Discussion

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1) Read the Academic Integrity Scenarios (attached). As you read them, think about how these types of situations might arise in your academic career. How does academic dishonesty undermine the purpose of graduate school?

The DQ response must be 150-200 words and have at least one citation and one reference in APA format (https://libguides.gcu.edu/APA)

2) Write a 100-word response to the student in first person. Talk about how you agree and add your own thoughts. Make sure it’s respectful.

Dishonesty destabilizes the purpose of a graduate and undergraduate school in many ways; this hinders and weakens a teacher’s pursuit to challenge students at their best and bring-out that best in one’s ability to reach their goals. Cheating has become a major issue since the computer age. As a once upon a time undergraduate student, I witnessed students cheating on test especially with math. For myself, I struggled with math. On one occasion, I was approached by two students that had copies of a professor’s final math exam (not test). It was noted that the professor provided the same exam each semester, and somehow it got past around for quite a few semesters without the professor’s knowledge. I refused to take part in this and requested to be assigned to another math class, like my struggles with math would clearly display on record should I have cheated and received a high grade to graduate; I wanted an education regardless of age on my own merits, not by cheating; this account was at a community college.

The concept of academic integrity has many complex phases. Academic integrity is considered the moral code of the academic world and universities that involves “a pledge to five critical principles: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility” (International Center for Academic Integrity 2014 p. 16). Therefore, in the culture of academic circles, trust is applied values (Cutri, J., et al. 2021).