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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

TO: Members of Senate

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FROM: John W

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Academic

RE: Recommendation for New Senate

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DATE: December 22, 2005

Committee on Academic Integrity in

Student Learning and Evaluation

(SCAISLE)

• I am recommending the creation of a new Senate Committee: the Senate Committee on

Academic Integrity in Student Learning and Evaluation (SCAISLE). Responsibilities for

and proposed membership of the committee are attached.

This proposal arises from the Task Force Report on Academic Honesty and Integrity

which contained a number of recommendations intended to improve student academic

integrity at SFU. Discussion of the Task Force recommendations with a number of

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University groups led me to the conclusion that it would be useful to have a Senate

level committee consider and make recommendations on steps necessary to improve

and promote student academic integrity in course work and evaluation processes. The

proposed responsibilities of the Senate Committee were developed from

recommendations of the Task Force. The Task force Report can be found at:

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/www.sfu.ca/integritytaskforce/

The following recommendation is submitted for Senate approval:

Motion:

"That the Senate Committee on Academic Integrity in Student Learning

and Evaluation (SCAISLE) be created."

As noted in section 9. of the terms of reference, it is proposed that this committee would

conduct a review in Spring 2008 and recommend whether the committee should

continue, or have its responsibilities transferred to other committees. This is being

proposed because it may be that a stand alone committee dealing with academic

integrity is not required in the long term, and these issues may be able to be

incorporated into other existing committee mechanisms.

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN STUDENT LEARNING

AND EVALUATION

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Members

Conditions

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Expiry Date

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Name

Faculty Senator (Chair)

Elected by

3 years

and from

Senate

Faculty Member

Elected by

2 years

Faculty Member

Senate * / **

2 years

Faculty Member

2 years

Undergraduate

Elected by

2 years

Student

Senate **

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Graduate Student

Elected by

2 years

Senate **

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Dean of Student

Ex officio

Services (or designate)

Librarian

Ex officio

(or designate)

Secretary (non-voting)

Named by Dean,

Student Services

* No more than one faculty member to be elected from any one faculty.

** In the first election, terms would be staggered so all positions would not change at

the same time.

Responsibilities

1. To promote academic integrity and honesty in course work and evaluation

processes.

2. To establish procedures that support, improve and ensure the standards and

conduct of examinations and to update these procedures as necessary.

3.

To develop and update as necessary, a recommended statement on academic

honesty for use in course outlines.

4. On an annual basis, to liaise with the University Board on Student Discipline and

the Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals to ensure the currency of policies

and procedures dealing with academic integrity and, when appropriate,

recommend to Senate revisions to the policies as required.

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5.

To review and, where appropriate, make recommendations to the Senate

Graduate Studies Committee on supervisory practices that will promote academic

honesty and integrity.

6.

To review and, where appropriate, make recommendations to the relevant office

or committee on revisions to graduate regulations or guidelines that will promote

academic honesty and integrity concerning intellectual property, authorship and

confidential research.

7.

To consider other issues relating to the general question of academic integrity as

it applies to courses and evaluation of student performance.

8.

To report annually in October to Senate on activities in the preceding year.

9.

To report to Senate in May 2008, and recommend whether the Committee should

continue or whether its responsibilities be transferred to another Committee (or.

Committees) or Senate.

Vice-Chair

A Vice-Chair will be elected by SCAISLE from among its voting members for the

term of the Chair of SCAISLE or whenever the Vice-Chair is vacant. The duties of

the Vice-Chair will be to serve as Chair when the Chair is unavailable.

Meetings

Meets regularly at the call of the Chair. A quorum of SCAISLE will consist of four

voting members.

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