Academic Integrity Statistics

Reports

181 students were reported to the Office of the Dean of Students in the month of December. Of those:

• 114 were for cheating
• 24 were for plagiarism
• 42 were for obtaining an unfair advantage
• 01 were for falsifying documentation 

Findings in December

• 73 were found “Responsible”
• 03 were found “Not Responsible”
• 17 allegations were withdrawn 

Note: Cases reported at the end of November were adjudicated in December. The numbers reported here include cases reported in both November and December. Of all the cases submitted in December, 141 were reported after the last day of classes (December 12, 2020). These reports account for 78% of the cases submitted to the Office of the Dean of Students in December.

Administrative Sanctions

Of the 73 students found responsible in November:

• 68 received a Warning
• 05 received Probation

Academic Sanctions

The most common academic sanctions unofficially reported to the Office of Dean of Students included failure on exam/assignment and failure in the class. (Note: unless the faculty member formally notifies the Office of the Dean of Students, we don’t know if any academic sanctions have been assigned to students who were found to be responsible.)

Fall 2020 

In Fall 2019, 62 academic integrity cases were reported to the Office of the Dean of Students. In contrast, Fall 2020 saw 377 cases reported—an increase by more than 600%. 

Reports

41 students were reported to the Office of the Dean of Students in the month of November. Of those:

• 14 were for cheating
• 24 were for plagiarism
• 03 were for obtaining an unfair advantage

Findings in November

• 68 were found “Responsible”
• 04 were found “Not Responsible”

Note: Cases reported at the end of October were adjudicated in November. The numbers reported here include cases from both October and November.

Administrative Sanctions

Of the 68 students found responsible in October:

• 63 received a Warning
• 02 received Probation
• 03 received Suspension

Academic Sanctions

The most common academic sanctions unofficially reported to the Office of Dean of Students included failure on exam/assignment and failure in the class. (Note: unless the faculty member formally notifies the Office of the Dean of Students, we don’t know if any academic sanctions have been assigned to students who were found to be responsible.)

Reports

68 students were reported to the Office of the Dean of Students in the month of October. Of those:

• 54 were for cheating
• 13 were for plagiarism
• 01 was for falsifying documents

Findings in October

• 57 were found “Responsible”
• 14 were found “Not Responsible”

Note: Cases reported at the end of September were adjudicated in October. The numbers reported here include cases from both September and October.

Administrative Sanctions

Of the 57 students found responsible in October:

• 31 received a Warning
• 22 received Probation
• 04 received Suspension

Academic Sanctions

The most common academic sanctions unofficially reported to the Office of Dean of Students included failure on exam/assignment and failure in the class. (Note: unless the faculty member formally notifies the Office of the Dean of Students, we don’t know if any academic sanctions have been assigned to students who were found to be responsible.)

Reports
65 students were reported to the Office of the Dean of Students. Of those:

• 59 were for cheating
• 06 were for plagiarism

Administrative Sanctions
57 cases have not yet been heard
08 were found to be “responsible.” Of those:

• 1 was put on probation
• 7 received warnings

Academic Sanctions
We do not know yet about academic sanctions for the eight students found to be responsible.

Reports
22 students were reported to the Office of the Dean of Students. Of those:

• 16 were for cheating
• ​05 were for plagiarism
• 01 was for falsifying documents

Administrative Sanctions
21 were found to be “responsible” and 1 not responsible. Of those:

• 06 received suspensions (for at least 1 semester)
• 15 received warnings

Academic Sanctions
16 students received F’s for their courses
(Note: unless the faculty member informs the Office of the Dean of Students, we don’t know if any academic sanctions have been assigned to students who were found to be responsible.)