GPA over Learning: Facing Academic Pressures in High School
This year I had the opportunity to be a part of the International Day of Academic Integrity high school panel alongside some of the top students in the International Baccalaureate Programme (IB) at Westwood High School, as well as represent my school. Being one of the two high schools on the panel was surreal, especially knowing that people across the world were not only listening to what I had to say, but valued my opinion regarding academic integrity in schools.
Read MoreDisability, assistive technology and integrity double standards
“If you’ve lost a leg, you do not need Grammarly.” The title of this blog is deliberately provocative and deliberately obvious. Nobody would argue that a hearing aid constitutes a breach of academic integrity, would they? Nobody would suggest a student using a wheelchair to access campus is gaining an unfair advantage over a student who might walk onto campus, would they?
Read MoreWhen Language Becomes a Barrier to Due Process: Academic Integrity and ESL Students
As an Academic Integrity Facilitator at a community college, I am occasionally invited to mediate student-faculty meetings in which a discovery interview is conducted to substantiate a suspected breach of academic integrity. In this role, I serve as an objective and neutral third party. Recently, I mediated a series of meetings involving beginner ESL students who were suspected of using unauthorized aids during a listening and vocabulary test. These experiences prompted me to make important reflections on language, comprehension, and procedural fairness.
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