tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5263294167484022512..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Emails I Wish I Could Send: Academic Integrity Office EditionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71588471004104992332016-09-29T12:42:50.459-04:002016-09-29T12:42:50.459-04:00When I was a grad student I TA'd for couple of...When I was a grad student I TA'd for couple of sophomore- and junior-level courses that were primarily attended by undergrad majors in my field *and* undergrad education majors. As the primary grader for the class, I was appalled at the high level of cheating among the education majors. I always hoped that those were the ones who rapidly washed out of the career.Panaceanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53607113994521139062016-09-27T20:47:12.602-04:002016-09-27T20:47:12.602-04:00The centralized office used to be housed with the ...The centralized office used to be housed with the Dean. Records were kept (paper and electronic) about students who continually cheated, and it was very easy to deal with repeat offenders.<br /><br />Pretty soon, the people who staff the Academic Integrity Office will somehow graduate to having some titles like "Director" or "Senior Integrity Coordinator" and change the role I_am_not_nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164044353299362252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72278273875531005542016-09-27T20:45:57.440-04:002016-09-27T20:45:57.440-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.I_am_not_nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164044353299362252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31930932099520538332016-09-27T16:30:45.349-04:002016-09-27T16:30:45.349-04:00I think there's something to be said for the c...I think there's something to be said for the centralized office, mostly because it enables the institution to say, after several offenses, "you've been caught cheating multiple times; you know it's wrong and yet you keep doing it; here are your walking papers." <br /><br />We've got a pretty good centralized office, about which I'm learning more because I recently Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4313604323334013342016-09-27T15:56:31.023-04:002016-09-27T15:56:31.023-04:00What happened to the days of "I caught you ch...What happened to the days of "I caught you cheating, here's your F"? All these fucking offices with ever changing titles that basically just keep enabling bad behavior. They just seem to undermine the authority of the instructor.<br /><br />I just give the F - I haven't been called out on it....yet.I_am_not_nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164044353299362252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72453050626581614192016-09-27T08:19:13.857-04:002016-09-27T08:19:13.857-04:00"Thank you for doing your best to make sure t..."Thank you for doing your best to make sure that maintaining that rigor remains juuust inconvenient enough..."<br /><br />This is the modus operandi of every service department at my uni. Physical plant, (die) IT (die), you name it. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41247708582043822392016-09-27T04:11:33.589-04:002016-09-27T04:11:33.589-04:00The semester after I stopped adjuncting was bad fo...The semester after I stopped adjuncting was bad for me. I was very sick for a few weeks and was unable to work, so I was sleeping in late and trying to recover before my meager savings disappeared. But, sadly, every morning, starting at 9 am, my phone would ring. I still used an answering machine, so even with the ringer off, the machine clicking would still wake me. I received 3-4 of these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com