academic integrity

Professors are aware that countless students undertake online evaluations as communal endeavors, committing minor breaches of academic integrity on a regular basis.
  • 8 years 8 months ago

The cheating curve

What could be worse than getting caught cheating? Perhaps being accused when you’ve played by the rules.Continue...
  • 11 years 1 month ago

Wiki-, wiki-, what?

The so-called “Wikipedians” of Imperial College hope to turn Wikipedia into an official research tool, in acknowledgement of its enormous popularity among students.Continue...
  • 6 months 3 weeks ago

Senate questions $350,000 payment to City

On Oct. 26, the October senate meeting began with Principal Patrick Deane’s opening address followed by a moment of silence for Queen’s student Jacob Downey.Continue...
  • 1 year 4 months ago

Academic misconduct: ‘Students are buying degrees that they aren’t earning’

Following an increase in breaches of academic integrity during the remote fall term, two teaching assistants (TAs) are calling on the University to take action in penalizing academic misconduct.Continue...

proctoring ed
  • 1 year 6 months ago

Online proctoring unfairly punishes cheaters and non-cheaters alike

With exam season just weeks away, universities are turning to online proctoring software like Examity and Proctortrack to prevent cheating. Professors have every right to enforce academic integrity, yet these proctors appear to be doing more harm than good.Continue...
  • 5 years 6 months ago

Investigation underway for potential academic integrity breaches

A class of second-year students all received 100 per cent on their midterm exams this October.Continue...
  • 5 years 10 months ago

University adopts new academic integrity tool

As of June 9, Queen’s has acquired a new tool to handle concerns around academic honesty, citations and educational integrity — purchasing an institution-wide license for Turnitin.Continue...
Some academics have engaged in “salami slicing” — repeating sections from their own previously published work.
  • 6 years 7 months ago

Reporting system is broken

In the last few months, I’ve read with interest articles in the Journal regarding Dr. Mort Shirkhanzadeh and his concerns over research integrity, and the various Letters to the Editor on the subject.Continue...
  • 6 years 9 months ago

Breaking: Professor suspended for three days for workplace harassment

Last updated: Aug. 20 at 11:04 p.m.
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Professor Morteza Shirkhanzadeh learned on Monday that he would be suspended for three days without pay for workplace harassment....Continue...

  • 6 years 9 months ago

Queen’s professor has papers retracted

The CDIO Initiative in Sweden retracted four conference papers written by a Queen’s professor of engineering on July 1 following a directive from Queen’s University.Continue...

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