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ASG recommends diversity minor
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Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Campus
Associated Student Government (ASG) passed several pieces of legislation during their final meeting of the year, after first hearing a special presentation on Miami University's academic integrity from Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Jeffrey Herbst.
Herbst presented the final report of the academic integrity implementation committee, a body first formed by Herbst in September.
The committee was intended to act upon research done by the First in 2009 academic integrity subcommittee.
The report, first submitted in February, proposed 12 different recommendations for improving academic integrity, including appointing a full-time director of integrity initiatives, forming a Miami University Integrity Council and possibly creating a required class for first-year students that focuses on the importance of academic integrity in the classroom.
Carl E. Paternite, psychology department chair and chair of the implementation committee, said that the goal of this committee was to totally redefine what integrity on Miami's campus means.
"Personal and academic integrity in the classroom are intertwined," Paternite said.
Currently, Paternite said, there is difficulty comparing cheating on an exam to carrying a false ID - despite both being examples of dishonesty. He hopes that distinction will fade away.
Paternite also said that the recommendations of the implementation committee pave the way for an official Honor Code at Miami.
Even though Paternite said that student voices are central to the process of carrying out these recommendations, Paternite believes it will still be difficult trying to shift students' attitudes toward academic integrity.
However, Herbst added that, if the committee is successful, that a focus on academic integrity "would be an attraction (of Miami's), like oxygen."
Following the presentation on academic integrity, ASG continued with their agenda by passing the Diversity Inclusion Act of 2007, which most notably supports the creation of a minor in diversity studies, to be housed in the Center of American and World Cultures (CAWC).
Herbst presented the final report of the academic integrity implementation committee, a body first formed by Herbst in September.
The committee was intended to act upon research done by the First in 2009 academic integrity subcommittee.
The report, first submitted in February, proposed 12 different recommendations for improving academic integrity, including appointing a full-time director of integrity initiatives, forming a Miami University Integrity Council and possibly creating a required class for first-year students that focuses on the importance of academic integrity in the classroom.
Carl E. Paternite, psychology department chair and chair of the implementation committee, said that the goal of this committee was to totally redefine what integrity on Miami's campus means.
"Personal and academic integrity in the classroom are intertwined," Paternite said.
Currently, Paternite said, there is difficulty comparing cheating on an exam to carrying a false ID - despite both being examples of dishonesty. He hopes that distinction will fade away.
Paternite also said that the recommendations of the implementation committee pave the way for an official Honor Code at Miami.
Even though Paternite said that student voices are central to the process of carrying out these recommendations, Paternite believes it will still be difficult trying to shift students' attitudes toward academic integrity.
However, Herbst added that, if the committee is successful, that a focus on academic integrity "would be an attraction (of Miami's), like oxygen."
Following the presentation on academic integrity, ASG continued with their agenda by passing the Diversity Inclusion Act of 2007, which most notably supports the creation of a minor in diversity studies, to be housed in the Center of American and World Cultures (CAWC).
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