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January 25, 2010

Dear supporters of academic integrity,

A contact that our Academic Integrity Network (AIN) helped facilitate between the cable news program Nick News and Radnor High School's (Wayne, PA) Academic Honor Council has resulted in a news program that is planned to be aired on Sunday, February 7 at 8:00 PM. The following link to one of Radnor's local news outlets gives some background with pictures and audio about the story-- http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2010/01/16/main_line_suburban_life/life/
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Radnor High students and faculty worked together to create their revised Honor Policy in 2007. The Radnor Honor Council has been an active member of AIN through their participation in workshop panels during the last two Character Education Partnership’s annual forums in Washington, DC and their willingness to share resources and experience on Radnor High School’s website.

We celebrate Radnor’s recognition by Nick News and encourage you to use this broadcast, the story link and resources from Radnor’s website to advance your own academic integrity project.

Please forward this email to colleagues that are interested in advancing academic integrity.

All the best,

David Wangaard, Ed.D.
Integrity Works! Project

November, 2009

PowerPoint slides and audio for a recently completed Webinar focused on plagiarism is posted on Plagiarism.org. The original Webinar was sold-out with over 100 participants on November 18, 2009. The audio and slides provide an excellent resource that address questions such as:

Acknowledging the research that indicates over 90% of US high school students self-report some form of cheating annually and 40-60% self-report some form of plagiarism, do we understand why students are cheating and how students define cheating?
Are there school polices that help promote academic integrity and prevent cheating/plagiarism?
Are there effective teacher strategies to motivate students to resist plagiarism?

These and other questions were posed to an expert panel that have over 60 years of combined experience studying or supporting academic integrity and included Dr. Jason Stephens (researcher at Univ. Conn.), Barry Gilmore (author), Dr. Karen Clifford (Independent School, Admin.), Betsy Dawson (Public School, Teacher), Bill Connolly (Student), Dr. David Wangaard (SEE) was the panel moderator, which was sponsored by TurnItIn.

October, 2009

SEE in collaboration with Thoughts in Action Consulting has recently completed the development of a new student survey we have named AMIS (Academic Motivation & Integrity Survey)

AMIS is designed to provide school leaders information and analysis of student perceptions, beliefs and behaviors related to academic integrity in their school. Analysis of a completed AMIS creates a baseline of data for future comparison and meaningful information to guide the school community in strategies to advance academic integrity and resist cheating. AMIS is an assessment instrument for The School for Ethical Education’s Integrity Works! program, which is a school intervention designed to promote academic integrity in middle and high schools.

For more information about AMIS click here-- http://www.ethicsed.org/programs/integrity-works/amis_survey.htm.

May, 2009

The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is beginning to advertise its 16th Annual Forum that will be held in Alexandria, VA from October 29 -31, 2009. The forum includes three sessions focused on Academic Integrity (one each day). » Learn More

November, 2008

A new Academic Integrity Network was announced during the 2008 National Forum on Character Education. The Network’s goal is to facilitate dialogue between secondary schools seeking to advance successful strategies in support of academic integrity. To better emphasize this important topic, the National Forum included three breakout sessions that focused on academic integrity. The Academic Integrity Network is administered by The School for Ethical Education (SEE) in Milford, CT, in partnership with CEP in Washington, DC. SEE is engaged in a three-year project to implement and study strategies that high schools can use to reduce academic dishonesty. » Read More

October, 2008

The Character Education Partnership's 15TH NATIONAL FORUM ON CHARACTER EDUCATION (October 16-19, 2008) provided the kickoff for an Academic Integrity Network. The Network’s mission is to facilitate discussion between middle and high schools seeking to advance successful strategies to support academic integrity. Three breakout sessions focused on the topic of academic integrity were hosted at this year’s CEP Forum.

The Academic Integrity Network is administered by The School for Ethical Education (SEE) in Milford, Conn. and The Character Education Partnership (CEP) in Washington, DC. SEE has been funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation to implement and study school-based methods to promote the practices of academic integrity. A full description of this project and the information and resources available to schools is available on this website

Representatives of schools that seek to advance the topic of academic integrity are encouraged to join this new network and dialogue with colleagues through electronic communication and conference events.