As the Fall semester approaches, many of you are probably busy getting your courses ready and updating your syllabi. While not required, you may consider including an Academic Dishonesty statement in your syllabus, if you haven’t already. Your course syllabus acts as a contract between you and your students and the policies within your syllabus dictate your expectations of your students. A written policy within your syllabus can outline what may happen if your students don’t meet those expectations. Without a written policy, how can one be enforced?

While academic dishonesty is a serious matter, consider sharing with students some of the reasons behind your integrity practices and perspectives, for example, that you are invested in building their skills so they can make the world a better place and/or that you value their unique voices. For your reference, here is SCC’s Academic Dishonesty Policy.