20.2.6 Communications and Training
20.2.6.1 Communication Strategies
20.2.6.2 Other Types of Conduct Concerns
20.2.6.3 Faculty and Instructor Programs

20.2.6.1  COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES

 

• Seminars, programs, and discussion groups on academic integrity will be offered to students, student organizations and classes by members of the Aggie Honor System Office Staff and Honor Council.
• The Aggie Honor System Office will sponsor a website that brings together all the resources used to promote academic integrity and to address academic misconduct (http://aggiehonor.tamu.edu).
• There will be a convenient web-based method for students or faculty to report incidents of academic misconduct.
• Discussion of the Aggie Code of Honor and academic integrity should be integrated into each of the following:
  1. New student conferences
  2. Fish Camp and T Camp
  3. First meeting of every course
  4. New faculty orientation
  5. Graduate teaching assistant training
  6. Faculty/staff in-service training
  7. Academic Convocation
  8. Freshman Convocation
• Statement of the Aggie Code of Honor should be printed in the following:
  1. Faculty/staff job application materials
  2. Faculty/staff handbook
  3. Catalog
  4. Admissions application material
  5. Student rules and handbook
  6. Schedule of classes
  7. Course syllabus 
  8. Examinations
  9. Advisor’s Handbooks
• Annual correspondence should go to faculty, staff, teaching assistants and student leaders on the following:
  1. Efforts to reduce academic misconduct 
  2. Appropriate data on academic misconduct
  3. Suggested improvements in policy/practice

20.2.6.2  Other Types of Conduct Concerns

To report incidents of discrimination including but no limited to sexual misconduct, please report to Civil Rights and Equity Investigations at https://titleIX.tamu.edu

Student Rule violations outside of the academic classroom environment are reported through the Student Conduct Office at https://studentconduct.tamu.edu

To report a behavioral concern on the part of a member of the student body, instructor, or staff, refer to the Tell Somebody Reporting process at https://tellsomebody.tamu.edu/reportingform

To report instances of suspected waste, fraud, or a suspected ethics violation, use the  Texas A&M University System Risk, Fraud, and Misconduct Hotline at https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/19861/index.html

 

20.2.6.3  FACULTY AND INSTRUCTOR PROGRAMS:

 
Training on academic integrity and academic misconduct is provided for all who teach, including faculty and graduate teaching assistants. Training includes the following:

1. Classroom atmosphere that promotes academic integrity 
2. Testing techniques that promote academic integrity
3. Definitions of academic misconduct
4. Prevention strategies
5. Strategies and rules for handling violations.
6. Sanctions
7. A Proctoring Service by trained proctors for all tests where needed or requested
8. A plagiarism detection service is available for use by faculty members where needed
9. Case assistance/consultation is provided for all faculty members when alleged violations occur, including the following:
   1. Academic integrity/academic misconduct rules and procedures
   2. Expectations
   3. Methods for gathering information
   4. Strategies for presenting information at a hearing
10.  Recognition is provided for faculty members who properly handle cases of academic misconduct.