Office of the Provost

Send questions to Marcy Glover: mglover2@gmu.edu

Q: Is it within the spirit of the honor code to proctor exams?
A: Faculty should remain in the classroom during a test or examination. - Mason Honor Code

Q: Is cheating really a problem?
A: The 1998 "Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth" found the following:
70% of high school students report that they had cheated on an exam in the past year; 82% of high school students reported having lied to a teacher at least once.

Q: Does an Honor Code matter in all this?
A: The Center for Academic Integrity has discovered that students on campuses with honor codes report cheating at about one third the level of those campuses without.

Q: There is a lot of discussion about having to get permission to use various materials. Isn't all information on the Web in the public domain, so that I can use it freely?
A: Materials on the internet are intellectual property, just as a book in the library is. When you use it, you need to provide a proper citation. To reproduce this material for your teaching, you should seek permission from the author (the Copyright Office can help).