Academic Integrity
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Academic Integrity:
A practical guide for students at Bethel University
To show integrity means that you show who you truly are. Academic integrity means that your academic work accurately reflects both the work you do and the places where you use other people’s work and ideas. It is a serious matter at all university and college campuses. You might expect that the Christian commitments at a university like Bethel would provide particular motivation to avoid dishonesty -- but research suggests that students at Christian institutions are as prone to cheating and plagiarism as those in secular schools. This is nothing to be proud of.
Bethel faculty and staff want to inspire students to both high academic achievement and to honest academic achievement. They are aware that students cheat out of ignorance and desperation as well as indifference or design. They are also aware that some forms of cheating are so easy and so commonplace that students may be surprised to discover they are wrong.
The Bethel community tries to create an environment in which dishonesty is seriously discouraged and in which students are trustworthy in their actions. The first step is to know what is dishonest and what is not. The path of integrity is not the easiest or shortest path.
For Students:
Information about Bethel University’s policy on academic integrity, definitions of terms, and links to resources to help you do honest work.
For Faculty:
A few links and suggestions about how to encourage academic integrity in assignments and the classroom
General Materials:
A collection of links to interactive tutorials and quizzes about academic integrity from other sources as well as general information about academic integrity.