Faculty Resources

Online Resources:

Duke University Academic Integrity Council

The Council provides links to Web pages to help faculty learn more about standards, procedures and promoting academic integrity among students. 

Center for Instructional Technology

The Center for Instructional Technology at Duke University provides links for strategies to prevent and deal with plagiarism, tools for detecting plagiarism and resources for further reading.

Office of Judicial Affairs

The Office of Judicial Affairs promotes personal responsibility and encourages honesty, integrity and respect among our students. The site includes an explanation of the Undergraduate Disciplinary Process that caters to faculty and outlines the steps of resolving conflicts with students and the judicial process on Duke’s campus, including hearings, appeals and sanctions.

Kenan Institute for Ethics

The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University supports a consortium of academic institutions’ students, faculty and staff who gather and share information about academic integrity.  The site includes resources and suggestions for further reading.

Duke Honor Council

Duke’s Honor Council Web site has useful links and resources for students and faculty regarding academic integrity and plagiarism. 

Further Reading:

Academic dishonesty : an educator’s guide
Bernard E. Whitley, Jr., Patricia Keith-Spiegel.

A short and practical handbook with a section on why students cheat, and sections on what instructors and institutions can do to promote academic integrity.

The plagiarism handbook: strategies for preventing, detecting, and dealing with plagiarism
Robert A. Harris

A concise book with background information and strategies for preventing, discovering, and dealing with plagiarism by students.

Perspectives on plagiarism and intellectual property in a postmodern world
Lise Buranen and Alice M. Roy, editors.

Edited volume of essays on topics to do with plagiarism and intellectual property among faculty and students.  A variety of perspectives, some theoretical, some legal, some practical; most take a postmodern perspective.

Crisis on campus: confronting academic misconduct
Wilfried Decoo with a contribution by Jozef Colpaert.

A detailed look at some cases of academic plagiarism on a high level (faculty and graduate students), and how institutions chose to (or chose not to) respond.  Useful for understanding how and why more subtle forms of plagiarism occur.

Student cheating and plagiarism in the Internet era: a wake-up call
Ann Lathrop and Kathleen Foss.

Doing honest work in college: how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success
Charles Lipson.

Scandals and scoundrels : seven cases that shook the academy
Ron Robin.