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Publication: Pipe Dream, , SUNY at Binghamton , Binghamton, NY
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing many in-person classes to shift to online and hybrid teaching styles, Binghamton University has been battling a stark increase in academic dishonesty cases.
Professors in the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences use the Harpur College Academic Honesty Policy, a code designed to inform students of the definitions and consequences of academic dishonesty. The Harpur College Academic Honesty Policy outlines two different types of offenses — Category I and Category II. Category I offenses include cheating, plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration, while Category II offenses include forgery, bribery and more serious cases of Category I offenses. Douglas Jones, Harpur Academic Honesty Committee chair, said academic dishonesty rates increased during the fall 2020 semester.
“Overall, violations of the academic honesty code have increased significantly in 2020,” Jones wrote in an email. “Since 2006, we’ve averaged 83 minor infractions...