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Material to help if you have been accused of or if you suspect someone else of committing an academic offense; and material help understand academic offenses better in order to inadvertently avoid committing them.

Open-book exams compared/contrasted with open-internet exams and issues related to cheating via computer. Article by Evan Golub, Department of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland.

Result of a six-month investigation.

Donald A. Norman argues that cheating is a natural response to much of what the education system thinks is important.

Librarian-designed webquest to teach teachers about the problem of internet-facilitated cheating and plagiarism.

Short article about academic cheating from about.com

The UK system of national testing for 11-year-olds puts too much trust in individual teachers to police themselves.

Cheating in national tests for 11-year-olds is so widespread that school league tables can no longer be trusted, a Guardian investigation has found.

Describes the many variations on "what is plagiarism" and admonishes students not to be party to others' plagiarism.

"Prominent Physicist Fired for Faking Data Research: Bell Labs says scientist 'recklessly' misrepresented work on microprocessors."

Results of inquiry into the validity of certain physics research papers from Bell Labs. Independent committee finds one researcher committed scientific misconduct and clears the 19 other authors investigated.

A production of the Rutgers University Libraries. An interactive lesson designed to teach students about avoiding infractions of academic integrity policies and instances of plagiarism. Requires the Flash plugin; best accessed over a fast connection.

Tutorial of sorts intended primarily for adult ESL students. Includes vocabulary and idioms, photo essay demonstrating cheating techniques, hypothetical situations, a poll, and real-life stories.

Duke University reports that the number of academic integrity violations has surged during this past spring semester.

Now-former Emory University professor and author manipulated and/or falsified information in order to back assertions made in the book, "Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture."

Ideas are designed to help impart to students the values of academic honesty and to help set policies that encourage academic integrity.

7.6 megabyte pdf file. George Gollin explains how he followed up on an ad that popped up on his computer about getting a "diploma within days." Includes many screenshots of what he learned.

Material to help understand what inappropriate collaboration is in order to inadvertently avoid committing this offence.

11 school-related ethics questions with an answer key.

Wireless devices and palm-sized computers provide many possibilities for cheating in testing situations.

Six University of Maryland students have admitted cheating on an accounting exam by using their cell phones to receive text messages with the answers. Another six students were implicated in the case.

Editorial about how cheating of all types appears to be increasing in the U.S.