IU South Bend Academic Senate Committee on Teaching

IU South Bend Academic Senate Committee on Teaching

Meeting Minutes

Friday, December 8, 2006

Meeting Time: 10:00 a.m.

Chair: J.R. Shrader

Attendees: Alma Galicia, Judy Schafer, Tammy Morgan, Alicia Purcell

Sara Sage, Alison Stankrauff, Xu Qiang, Marilyn Nash

Next Meeting: Friday, January 19, 2007

Meeting Overview

1.  The meeting began with introductions.

2.  J.R. checked to see if all members were a part of the committee email list and extended thank you’s to everyone for their work from the last meeting.

Old Business: Assignment Updates

1.  Allison: She is still waiting to receive the 2005-2006 committee minutes from the former committee chair. Sara Sage offered to check on the minutes with an email to former members of the committee. Allison also reported that the comprehensive list of sources related to academic honesty and plagiarism had been sent to the committee. She will send the resource information to Alicia.

2.  J.R. received an email from Roseann Cordell who said a copy of the Academic Affairs revised description of academic honesty from the student handbook was important because of our work in an education culture. She will send the information if necessary.

3.  J.R. reported that there are no specific funds and/or monies allotted to the committee for resources related to dissemination information. Discussion followed. Sara suggested to online plagiarism quiz and will link to committee members.

Questions/Concerns Raised: What is the committee’s direction? Can there be clarification?

·  Do we create academic policies?

·  Do we make committee recommendations?

·  Should a series of forums be set up?

·  Is an all-campus survey a valuable tool?

4.  Judy checked into academic honesty/dishonesty provided to faculty at the UCET New Faculty Orientations. She shared a copy of the orientation schedule and a brochure about “turnitin.com” with committee members.

Questions/Concerns Raised: What awareness is present among faculty about available resources?

·  Do students know that teachers have the same expectations regarding their work/research and academic honesty?

·  Can statistics about the occurrence of plagiarism be given to students?

·  How do we as a committee disseminate the information?

·  What information should be shared with students? Faculty?

·  Is a student forum possible on the topic?

·  Can a survey be included in the student campus newsletter?

Sara suggested that the committee meet with Student Affairs in January. J.R. will set up a meeting with both committees.

5.  Xu Qiang shared a handout of statistics on the occurrence of academic misconduct from Karen White. Some of the statistics have not been released. Judy clarified the terms “fabrication” versus “plagiarism” on the handout. Discussion followed.

Questions/Concerns:

·  What are the procedures and/or policies for reporting cases of academic misconduct?

·  How many of the misconduct cases are reported by faculty?

·  Are students encouraged to report incidents of misconduct if they know or hear about any cases?

6.  Tammy contacted Marianne Costano Bishop about information regarding survey templates. Marianne suggested keeping details basic and minimal on survey. She also mentioned that UCET has a website survey tool that they use at the beginning of each survey and that the committee could tag on a few key questions if desired. The UCET web page also has “copy/paste” tools for all academic dishonesty components which should be included on all course syllabi.

Questions/Concerns:

·  What components are required for syllabi?

·  Can the committee encourage IU South Bend faculty to attend the UCET events? If so, how should this be done?

·  Would UCET be able to send some form of documentation for attendance at the UCET events? (i.e. a letter/email of confirmation)

New Business

7.  J.R. received an email from Tammy about a request from Alfred asking if there were two of our committee members who would be willing to serve on a task force which will make recommendations about requiring midterm grades. The recommendations should be complete by April 1, 2007. Alicia and Judy volunteered to serve on the task force.

8.  J.R. also asked committee members to consider what should be the agenda and/or direction of our committee for our January meeting. Discussion followed. The questions/concerns from today’s meeting will form the committee conversation for January’s meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.

Respectfully submitted: Marilyn Nash