Academic Integrity Cases for October 2020

November 6, 2020

From: Annie Virkus-Estrada, Academic Integrity Officer and Associate Dean of Students 

Academic Integrity Cases for October 2020

Faculty are obligated to report any suspected violations of academic integrity policies, such as cheating and plagiarizing to the Office of the Dean of Students. Data is shared with the Baruch Community via the Office of the Dean of Students website about any administrative sanctions imposed (e.g., warnings or suspensions), and, when known, academic sanctions leveled by members of the faculty (e.g., F for the assignment or exam or F for the course). All information is anonymous.

Cases reported at the end of a month might not have been heard by the time reports are shared.

October 2020

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.)

Annie Virkus-Estrada, PhD

Academic Integrity Officer

Associate Dean of Students

Annie.Virkus-Estrada@baruch.cuny.edu