Plagiarism - Baylor University

PLAGIARISM Honor Code Definitions II. C. (2)

Plagiarism, that is, incorporating into one's work offered for course credit passages taken either word for word or in substance from a work of another, unless the student credits the original author and identifies the original author's work with quotation

marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation.

SEMESTER OFFENSE FACULTY OR HONOR COUNCIL DECISION

SANCTION

Fall 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in Economics containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the assignment.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a written reflection for credit in English containing a passage taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the assignment. Any further infraction will result in an "F" for the course.

Fall 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in Economics containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2020 Student submitted three assignments for credit in English containing passages taken from Spark Notes without properly identifying the passages used or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for each assignment.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a discussion board assignment for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages.

Faculty Decision Student received an "F" for the assignment.

Fall 2020 Student submitted assignments for credit in Religion containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council ‐ (2nd offense Automatic Referral )

student received a "0" for both assignments.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a writing assignment for credit in Religion containing passages taken from two websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in History the essay portion of the Midterm exam containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying

Honor Council Hearing

Student received an "F" for the essay portion of the exam. The content of the paper will be graded according to the rubric, but will only receive 50%/25 points, not




said passages or crediting the original author(s). 100%/50 points.

Fall 2020 Student submitted two separate assignments for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for each assignment.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a take home essay for the second exam in Religion containing passages taken from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a deduction of 5 points from the grade for the assignment.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a Critical Analysis Essay for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student may rewrite the paper on a different topic without consulting the sample essay and using only their words. If student rewrite the essay, the professor will regrade it without penalty.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a midterm essay exam for credit in History containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student were required to submit a revised version of the midterm exam with sources properly cited. student will receive a reduced grade for the exam.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy assignments containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the two papers with plagiarism issues and only partial credit for critical questions containing plagiarism.

Fall 2020 Student submitted an exam for credit in Economics that contained an answer taken from the work of another without properly identifying the passage or crediting the original author(s). Student attempted to edit the passage slightly so that plagiarism detection software would not detect the plagiarism.

Faculty Decision Student received no points for the answer in question and student received a 20 point penalty for the Exam grade.

Fall 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly citing the source within the essay.

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the essay.




Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Theatre an assignment containing passages taken from online sources and the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2020 Student posted responses to online literature discussions in English containing passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for both assignments.

Fall 2020 Student submitted multiple assignments (six short assignments and one major essay) for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for each of the smaller assignments and the major essay but were allowed to rewrite the essay in response to a different prompt for a deduction of 20% on the grade.

Fall 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Music, 90 percent of which was taken from three internet sources without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the assignment and a one letter grade reduction in the final grade for the course.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student will follow instructions outlined by the Department

Fall 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Nursing, 77% of which was taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the paper.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a Pressing Issues Paper for credit in Leadership Development containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student was allowed to rewrite the paper.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Leadership Development a Pressing Issue Paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student were given an opportunity to revise and resubmit the paper for up to 70% credit (the highest grade student may earn is a "70").




Fall 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Leadership Development, 81% of which was taken from the work of another without properly identifying the passages.


Fall 2020 After being notified by the professor that an earlier assignment contained plagiarized material, student submitted for credit in Human Performance a project containing the same plagiarized material without revision.

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" in the rubric for the project associated with the plagiarized sections.

Fall 2020 student submitted a final draft of their research essay for credit in English containing passages taken word for word from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision According to course policy student will receive a "0" on the paper, but the professor is allowing student to remove the plagiarized sections and resubmit the essay for a grade of 50%.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision According to course policy student will receive a "0" for the assignment, but the professor is allowing student to resubmit the essay with all the sections

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in History the final exam containing passages taken from the instructor's online transcripts without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Student received a "0" for the final exam.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in History the final exam containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Decision Student received a reduced grade for the exam

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in English a Position Essay containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student were allowed to rewrite the essay so that it does not contain plagiarism for a 25 point deduction. The highest grade student may receive is a "75".

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in English an Inquiry Essay containing the work of another Baylor student without properly identifying what was used or crediting the original author. Student’s rewrite of the essay still contained plagiarized material. Student also submitted

President Decision Student received an "F" for each essay resulting in an "F" for the course.




for credit in the same course a Position Essay containing several direct quotes without properly identifying the quotes or crediting the original author.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a final research paper containing a passage taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student’s final course grade was reduced by one half of a letter grade.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a final research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student’s final grade for the course was reduced by one letter grade.


Faculty Decision Student’s final grade for the course was reduced by one letter grade.



Student’s grade for the course was reduced by one letter grade. Suspended for Summer 2021.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Leadership Development an essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s)


Student was given the opportunity to correct and resubmit the assignment for up to half credit.

Fall 2020 In violation of instructions from the professor, student submitted an exam for credit in English containing passages taken from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" for the exam but were given the opportunity to regain some points if student submitted a paragraph explaining the plagiarism and documenting sources.

Fall 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit on the midterm exam in History that contained passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s. student also used a source for the completion of the essay that was


Student received a "0" for the essay portion of the exam but will retain the score for the multiple choice portion of the exam.




not allowed by the professor.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Music an essay Containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, earlier in the semester, student misrepresented facts to the professor claiming student had assembled their studio class video when, in fact, a classmate did it.

Faculty Decision Student received a grade of "F" for this portion of the course.

Fall 2020 Student submitted for credit in Sociology an assignment 93% of which matched a paper previously submitted to Baylor University, and student failed to properly identify the passages used or credit the original author.

Faculty Decision Student received a "0" on the assignment.

Fall 2020 Student submitted a first draft of a paper for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Student submitted the final draft of the paper on a different topic without the permission of the professor. In addition, the work is, in whole or in part, the work of another person.

Faculty Decision Student will receive an "F" for the course.

Summer 2020 Student submitted a final exam for credit in English containing passages taken from the student's prior work and from the internet, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, by consulting class notes on Canvas, accessing the internet and using student's prior work, student violated the professor's instructions that this was a closed‐note exam.

Faculty Received a "0" for the exam.

Summer 2020 Student submitted a final exam for credit in English containing passages taken from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, by accessing the internet and by consulting class notes on Canvas after

Faculty Received an "F" for the assignment.




downloading the exam, student violated the professor's instructions for the exam.

Summer 2020 Student submitted a final exam essay for credit in Linguistics containing passages taken from the work of another student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the final exam.

Summer 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Political Science containing passages taken word for word from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the assignment and was not afforded the pass/fail option for the course.

Summer 2020 Student submitted an Article Critique assignment for credit in Social Work containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council (2nd offense ‐ Automatic Referral)

Required to select another article and redo the assignment for a grade with reduced points in one of the categories in the rubric. Suspended for one semester for second violation.

Summer 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Social Work containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Original assignment graded as is with half of it not counting, and required to make appropriate edits. Revised submission graded and the two grades were averaged.

Summer 2020 Student submitted an exam for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken from two different sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an "F" for the exam. Received an "F" for the course as additional sanction.

Summer 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment.

Summer 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Social Work containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the portion in question and was given the chance to resubmit the assignment using completely new material for 50% credit.

Summer 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in Religion containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the





original author(s). Summer 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in Religion

containing passages taken verbatim from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2020 On two occasions student submitted papers for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a warning for the first paper and a "0" for the second and final paper.

Summer 2020 On two occasions student submitted papers for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a warning for the first paper and a "0" for the second and final paper.

Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Classics an essay containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a short critical response paper containing passages taken from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "0" for the assignment and decreased grade for course by one letter for second violation.

Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing a paragraph taken from the work of another without properly identifying said paragraph or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper and is no longer eligible to drop the lowest two papers and count the highest paper double.

Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a critical screening response containing passages taken word for word from the textbook without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a critical screening response containing passages taken word for word from the textbook without properly





identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Required to revise the essay and resubmit it with proper citation and attribution. Grade was reduced by 10%. Received an "F" for the course for second violation.

Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Social Work an Article Critique containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment, but allowed to select a different article, redo the article critique assignment, and receive the average of the grades for the two submissions.



Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Biology an introduction for a lab report containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Biology an introduction for a lab report containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council NOT GUILTY

Spring 2020 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 10‐point reduction in the grade for the paper.


Faculty Required to rewrite the essay using a different prompt and texts, and received a 30% point deduction on the rewrite.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a personal philosophy paper for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said

Faculty Received a 30‐point reduction from the grade for the paper.




passages or crediting the original author(s). Spring 2020 Student submitted a mock‐IRB proposal and

corresponding PowerPoint slides for credit in Public Health containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, some passages contained altered information, findings and figures from the original source.

Faculty 1. Given additional education re: what constitutes academic integrity violations 2. Allowed to resubmit a new paper and presentation, requiring a new study design & corresponding methods. 3. Received a letter grade deduction for the violation on both the paper and the presentation.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Educational Psychology containing multiple passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper but may submit a revised paper, after consulting with the EDD Writing Center, that will be graded but will reflect an automatic 25% deduction in the grade.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Educational Psychology containing multiple passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper but may submit a revised paper, after consulting with the EDD Writing Center, that will be graded but will reflect an automatic 25% deduction in the grade.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a reflection paper for credit in Religion containing passages taken from unauthorized internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a midterm exam essay for credit in Theology containing passages taken from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the midterm exam.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the use of the online resource was not authorized by the professor.

Faculty 1. The student will review professional behaviors in the syllabus, Level 2 Clinical Evaluation Tool, Student Handbook, and Baylor University Policies and Procedures f

2. The student will review the Honor Code

3. The student will have no further violations of the Honor Code, professional behaviors listed in the




syllabus, or the student handbook policies and

procedures.

4. The student will read the following publications:

a. Gallup Poll on Most trusted professions

b. Academic Dishonesty Today, Unethical Practices Tomorrow?

c. Texas Board of Nursing Disciplinary Sanction Policy for Lying and Falsification

d. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements(View Only for Members and Non‐Members)

5. After reading the above publications, the student will complete a paper (a minimum 3 pages in length) answering the following questions discussing integrity in nursing:

a. What is honor?

b. What is an honor code?

c. What is Ethics?

d. What is the Nursing Code of Ethics?

e. Why do we have an academic honor code?

f. How does adhering to an academic honor code now relate to my future nursing career?

g. What honor code will I need to adhere to as a licensed nurse?




h. What did I learn from this experience?

i. Please include no less than 5 references in APA format.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Nursing

containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the professor had not given permission to use the electronic source that student used.

Faculty 1. The student will review professional behaviors in the syllabus, Level 2 Clinical Evaluation Tool, Student Handbook, and Baylor University Policies and Procedures f

2. The student will review the Honor Code

3. The student will have no further violations of the Honor Code, professional behaviors listed in the syllabus, or the student handbook policies and

procedures.

4. The student will read the following publications:

a. Gallup Poll on Most trusted professions

b. Academic Dishonesty Today, Unethical Practices Tomorrow?

c. Texas Board of Nursing Disciplinary Sanction Policy for Lying and Falsification

d. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements(View Only for Members and Non‐Members)

5. After reading the above publications, the student will complete a paper (a minimum 3 pages in length) answering the following questions discussing integrity in nursing:




a. What is honor?

b. What is an honor code?

c. What is Ethics?

d. What is the Nursing Code of Ethics?

e. Why do we have an academic honor code?

f. How does adhering to an academic honor code now relate to my future nursing career?

g. What honor code will I need to adhere to as a licensed nurse?

h. What did I learn from this experience?

i. Please include no less than 5 references in APA format.

Spring 2020 Student submitted 13 assignments for credit in History containing passages copied from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each of the assignments.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Nursing containing passages taken word for word from the case study key without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty 1. The student will review professional behaviors in the syllabus, Level 2 Clinical Evaluation Tool, Student Handbook, and Baylor University Policies and Procedures 2. The student will review the Honor Code 3. The student will have no further violations of the Honor Code, professional behaviors listed in the syllabus, or the student handbook policies and procedures. 4. The student will read the following publications and complete a paper of a minimum 3 pages in length discussing integrity in nursing:




a. Gallup Poll on Most trusted professions b. Academic Dishonesty Today, Unethical Practices Tomorrow? c. Texas Board of Nursing Disciplinary Sanction Policy for Lying and Falsification d. The paper is to follow APA 6th edition standards, including utilization of a cover page and reference list. The 3‐page minimum length excludes the cover page and reference list.

5. The instructor will continue to be available during clinical and during business hours to answer any questions concerning the clinical experience, which includes by is not limited to professional behaviors. 6. The instructor will submit a referral to the Barnabas Success Center for student academic support. 10 points will also be deducted from the student’s final course grade at the end of the semester.

Spring 2020 Student submitted two assignments for credit in Nursing containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, for one of the assignments student obtained answers from an online answer key without the permission of the professor.

Faculty 1) 10 points deducted from final course grade 2) Student to rewrite and resubmit Pathology assignment 3) Student to complete 3‐page paper (excluding title page, references, and abstract) on integrity in nursing utilizing APA 6th edition style guidelines

Spring 2020 Student submitted a policy brief assignment for credit in Social Work containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). When given the chance to redo the assignment correctly, student again submitted the assignment containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s)




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Sociology the

majority of which was taken from two online sources without properly identifying the passages used or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Given the opportunity to resubmit the assignment by April 28, 2020 for 75% credit. Otherwise, will receive a "0" for the assignment.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The grade for the essay was reduced by two letter grades.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Psychology containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received zeros on the rubric for the sections related to defining the psychological principle (essentially 1/3 of the points).

Spring 2020 Student submitted a paper for credit in Theater Arts containing passages taken from online publications without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no points for the paper.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a research essay for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student falsely credited to two authors' journal articles work that student actually obtained from an online transcript of a TED talk.


Received a "0" for the assignment and a resulting "F" for the course. Not afforded the option to convert your E grade to pass/fail. One‐year probation with probationary assignments.



Received a "0" for the essay and an "F" for the course. Suspended for one full year.


Faculty The grade for the essay was reduced by two letter grades.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Theater Arts containing passages taken from the work of another





without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s)

Spring 2020 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Theater Arts containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2020 Student submitted a final term paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, an optional shorter paper also contained passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received an "F" for the course without pass/fail option.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a final exam essay for credit in English containing passages summarizing text without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the essay and resubmit it for a grade on the assignment reduced by one letter grade.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an essay for credit in English containing passages taken from two online articles without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the passage and resubmit the essay for a reduced grade on the assignment.


Faculty Received a "0" for the essay and an Incomplete for the course, but allowed to revise and resubmit the essay for a grade in the course.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a final exam for credit in English containing passages taken from the student's prior work and from the internet, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, by consulting class notes on Canvas, accessing the internet and using student's prior work, student violated the professor's instructions that this was a closed‐note exam.

Faculty Received a "0" for the exam.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2020 Student submitted a reflection paper for credit in

Theology containing passages taken from a website without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "0" for the assignment and .one‐semester probation overseen by Dean Still.

Spring 2020 Student submitted an exegetical paper for credit in Theology containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "0" for the assignment and .one‐semester probation overseen by Dean Still.


Faculty Received a "50" for the essay but allowed to revise and resubmit for a grade to be averaged with the "50" for a final grade.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a final exam for credit in English containing passages taken from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, by accessing the internet and also by consulting class notes on Canvas after downloading the exam, student violated the professor's instructions for the exam.


Spring 2020 Student submitted a final exam essay for credit in Linguistics containing passages taken from the work of another student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the final exam.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a listening response for credit in Music containing passages taken from another author's dissertation without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2020 student submitted a paper for credit in PSC 4384 containing passages taken word for word from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the assignment and was not afforded the pass/fail option for the course.

Spring 2020 Student submitted a final exam for credit in English containing passages taken from various online sources

Honor Council Received a "0" for the final exam and will not be afforded the pass/fail option.




without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the exam required original essays with no source use beyond class texts.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Religion a paper 82% of which was taken from the work of another (a paper submitted to a high school in California) without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the course.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Curriculum and Instruction a Problem of Practice Phase 1 document containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received the opportunity to properly cite sources and time to work with the graduate writing coordinator to understand the nature of the infractions.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Curriculum and Instruction a Problem of Practice Phase 1 document containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received the opportunity to properly cite sources and time to work with the graduate writing coordinator to understand the nature of the infractions.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Nursing an assignment containing passages taken from a course text without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Nursing an assignment containing passages (approximately 90%) taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a Reading Response containing passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Social Work an annotated bibliography containing passages taken from online sources and abstracts of articles without properly

Faculty Required to redo the annotated bibliography with articles chosen by the professor.





Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an Inquiry essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the student gave several citations indicating sources student was not using and omitted one source entirely from the Works Cited page.

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay. May rewrite the essay for a maximum grade of "60".

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a paper containing passages (approximately 67%) taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the assignment.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a paper containing passages (approximately 65%) taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to resubmit the paper within 3 weeks. Student required to work with the Writing Center to revise the paper.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a critical screening response containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).



Honor Council Pending



Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences a Material Culture Case Study Presentation and Script containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or

Faculty Received a grade of "0" for the assignment and the opportunity to redo the project for up to 50% credit.




crediting the original author(s). Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Religion a reflection

taken almost entirely from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and may not resubmit the assignment.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a dissertation proposal manuscript containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty a. Required to revise the proposal manuscript under the supervision of Stephanie Gerow. This includes revising the originally identified plagiarism and additionally identified plagiarized sections via the student submitting the document to Turnitin. b. Required to meet with two committee members prior to the next proposal defense date to explain data analysis included in the proposal. c. Required to provide the committee with the revised proposal and corresponding new Turnitin report 2 weeks prior to the new proposal defense date. d. Required to schedule a new proposal defense date upon the approval of Stephanie Gerow that all the previous criteria have been met prior to scheduling the new date. e. The violation was reported to the Office of Academic Integrity. f. Any additional instances of plagiarism, violations of research ethics, or violations of the Honor Code will result in a recommendation that student not move forward with the dissertation process.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in History an annotated bibliography containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the





original author(s). Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Curriculum and

Instruction a first draft assignment for the Problem of Practice Phase containing passages taken from the work of another, some verbatim, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Did receive credit for the first draft submission, but within 5 days was allowed to resubmit an entirely revised document for consideration before the final draft submission for the course.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Religion a reflection essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online publication without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a rough draft essay taken from three online sources copied verbatim and a research proposal submitted earlier in the semester without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the rough draft but required to resubmit the rough draft in order to be allowed to submit a final essay for the course.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a study guide containing passages taken word for word or in substance from various internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0' for the assignment and not eligible to complete other extra credit assignments.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Curriculum and Instruction an assignment containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Student was given the opportunity to meet with the writing center, revise the assignment, and resubmit it for partial credit.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Film and digital Media a critical screening response containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer

Sciences a Material Culture Case Study presentation containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Pending

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Music a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The grade on the paper was reduced two letter grades ‐ from a "B" to a "D".

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Music a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The grade on the paper was reduced two letter grades ‐ from an "A" to a "C".

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Journalism a press release assignment that was, in whole or in part, the work of another person. In addition, earlier in the semester student submitted two separate assignments ‐ her first assignment for the course and an opinion article ‐ each containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Finally, student attributed a quote to the wrong professor, who was not present at the time, for credit on the departmental exit exam speech story.

Faculty Received a "0" for the opinion article, an "F" for the exam, and an "F" for the course.

Fall 2019 On three occasions student submitted for credit in Theology assignments containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each of the three assignments.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an arguing essay and a research paper, both of which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0 for the arguing essay and research paper and an "F" for the course.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Religion a paper

containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 25% reduction in the grade for the paper.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a response to a journal entry containing passages taken directly from a website without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a critical screening response containing passages copied word‐for‐word from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the entire screening response portion of the course.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in History the final paper for the class containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to submit the "correct" paper, which was counted late and received a reduced grade.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing a passage taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing a passage taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The essay grade was reduced by two letters.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a critical screening response containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the work closely resembled that submitted by another student in the class.

Faculty Received an "F" for the entire critical screening response section of the class.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a Faculty Received an "F" for the course.




critical screening response containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the work closely resembled that submitted by another student in the class.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a Researched Position Essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the essay without plagiarism to pass the essay and the course. Received a "50" for the plagiarized version and up to a "70" for the rewrite. The two grades were averaged.


Faculty Required to rewrite the Researched Position Essay and fix the instances of plagiarism. The score for the rewrite was averaged with the "50" received for the current essay, with a "75" being the highest score possible.





Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Music a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "D" for the paper.

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in Social Work two essays on the final exam containing passages taken from the work of others without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Pending.

Fall 2019 Student submitted as student's own work for credit in Theater Arts student's final exam containing passages taken from Sparknotes.com and from a Baylor Lariat review without properly identifying said passages or

Faculty Received a "0" for the final exam and an "F" for the course.




crediting the original author(s). Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English the rewrite of

student's first submission of a research paper that had contained plagiarized portions. The rewrite still contained passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Pending

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a Critical Analysis Essay and an Annotated Bibliography, both of which contained portions taken from the work of another without properly identifying said portions or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Pending

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an Annotated Bibliography containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Pending

Fall 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an Annotated Bibliography containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Pending

Summer 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper but was allowed to rewrite the paper for a new grade.

Summer 2019 Student submitted for credit in Curriculum and Instruction a paper 59% of which was taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).



Faculty May rewrite the essay on a new topic, with the usual late policy in effect, or will receive an "F" for the essay.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an essay Honor Council Will be reinstated and receive an "F" for the course. Will




containing passages with a 95% match to an essay found online without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

(2nd offense ‐ Automatic Referral)

be on probation for Summer 2019 and will complete assignments for OAI to satisfy terms of probation.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Religion an assignment containing passages taken from a Wikipedia page without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to resubmit the paper within three days for half credit.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing two sentences copied from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no points for the paper. A second violation in this class will result in an "F" for the course.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Human Performance a group project which contained a form found online and submitted by another student in the group without properly identifying the form or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the related section resulting in a partial grade for the assignment.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Human Performance a group project which contained a form found online and submitted by another student in the group without properly identifying the form or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the related section resulting in a partial grade for the assignment.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Human Performance student’s portion of a group project which contained a form found online without properly identifying the form or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Apparel Design and Merchandising answers to discussion questions, one of which contained passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a grade of "0" on the 10 point assignment.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting

Faculty Received a 13% penalty on the paper.




the original author(s). Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Music a mid‐term

paper containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received half credit for the paper (the plagiarized portions will not be graded), and the highest possible grade may earn for the course will be a B+.

Spring 2019 Student submitted two theological reflection essays for credit in Doctor of Ministry containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a failing grade for each of the essays.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Biology an extra credit assignment containing a picture found online, rather than original, as required, and without properly identifying the picture or crediting the original photographer(s) or owner(s).

Honor Council Grade for course will be reduced by one letter grade.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages copied from an internet source without properly identifying passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the assignment with an opportunity to rewrite the assignment on a different topic for an averaged grade of the two.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a paper 70% of which was taken from several articles without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in NURS 6316 a paper 39% of which student took from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the paper.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing a passage taken from the work of another without properly identifying passages or crediting the original author(s).


Required to rewrite the paper for reduced points. Received an "F" for the course. Suspension for at least one long semester will be imposed for a third violation.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Communication a document for a Policy Speech assignment containing passages taken from an online source (originally in


Received a "0" for the assignment and suspended for two semesters.




Chinese and Google translated into English) without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author(s) or translator(s). The behavior also occurred on an earlier assignment in the course and was addressed by the professor.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Nursing the Outcome Paper Assignment containing passages from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Nursing the Outcome Paper assignment containing passages from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Student also submitted for credit in Nursing a Media Presentation containing passages from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a deduction of 5 points from the grade for the Outcome Paper and a "0" on the Media Presentation.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in History a term paper containing numerous passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the paper.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in History a term paper containing numerous passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Religion an essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Art a research paper containing pages and passages from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the research paper.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2019 On three occasions student submitted for credit in

Sociology papers containing passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each of the three assignments.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Music a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a reduced grade on the paper (a "C").


Faculty Received an "F" for the essay and the class.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in English a research essay containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the plagiarized portions and received a letter grade deduction on the essay.

Spring 2019 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a paper containing passages copied from internet and textbook sources (approximately 60%) without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an "F" for the course. 1 year suspension including summer 2019, fall 2019, and spring 2020.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing a paragraph taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the plagiarized portions and received a letter grade deduction on the essay.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Nutrition Sciences a paper approximately 85% of which was copied word for word from various sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). The references cited by the student were not used in the paper.


Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing passages taken from a Huffington Post article





without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken from a paper found on oppapers.com without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student attempted to avoid detection by changing some words in the passages.

Faculty The violation was reported to the Office of Academic Integrity.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Film Digital Media a critical response paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2018 On several occasions student submitted for credit in Baylor interdisciplinary Core reflection question responses containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the paper.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing two paragraphs taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received 0 out of 15 points for each assignment in which plagiarism was detected.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a paper proposal 50% of which was taken from the work of another without properly identifying the portions taken or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay with the opportunity to revise the essay and resubmit it. The two grades will then be averaged for the final grade on the essay.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing several sections taken from the article student was writing about without properly identifying said sections or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper proposal with an opportunity to resubmit the assignment.

Fall 2018 Student presented for credit in Religion a sermon containing large passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in History a term paper

containing numerous passages taken verbatim from various print and online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from two different websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment amounting to 10% of the course grade.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay 62% of which contained passages taken from the work of another student at another school without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay 20% of which contained passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay resulting in an "F" for the course.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Neuroscience a term paper 55% of which contained passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay resulting in an "F" for the course.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Music a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Music two reports containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2018 On two occasions student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core assignments containing passages taken from the work of another student without


Pending




properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay for the final project containing passages taken from two websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the first assignment and a 50% reduction off the grade on the second assignment.

Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Engineering work copied from solutions keys.


Fall 2018 Student submitted for credit in Engineering work copied from solutions keys.

Faculty Received zeros for work that was copied.

Summer 2018 Student submitted for credit in Political Science an essay containing passages taken from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). The professor discussed the dishonorable conduct with the student, but later the student submitted for credit a quiz containing passages taken from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received zeros for work that was copied.

Summer 2018 Student submitted two assignments for credit in a course student took Fall 2017. Instead of submitting the work for a plagiarism check through the Canvas site for Baylor Interdisciplinary Core as required by the professor, student submitted the work though the Canvas site for another course. Similarity percentages noted on Turnitin.com showed 100% and 93% matches between student’s work and that of a Baylor student, and student failed to properly identify the passages used or credit the original author(s).


Received an "F" for both classes in which violations occurred.

Summer 2018 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media critical responses containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2018 Student submitted final exam essays for English that Faculty Received a "0" for the entire screening response portion




were copied directly from at least two internet sites. of the course.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core work containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the final exam.

Spring 2018 As part of application for the Honors College at Baylor University, student submitted an essay containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received half credit for the final essay resulting in a "C+" for the course.

Spring 2018 As part of application for the Honors College at Baylor University, student submitted an essay containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Pending. Student not currently attending Baylor.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a biweekly critical screening response containing passages taken from the online resources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s)


Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Management three assignments containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the biweekly critical response portion of the final grade for the class. Student required to submit the responses but did not receive credit for them.

Spring 2018 On two occasions student submitted for credit in Philosophy papers containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each assignment.

Spring 2018 As part of application for the Honors College at Baylor University, student submitted an essay containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original

Faculty Received a "0" for each paper and lost the usual grade adjustment opportunity for the course.




author(s). Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay

containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Public Health journal entries containing passages taken from the work of another student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the essay.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper taken verbatim from a UK website without properly identifying the passages used or crediting the original authors.

Faculty Required to meet with specified faculty and staff members twice each to reflect on the incident, then write a 5‐page paper reflecting on the incident. Final grade for the course will be adjusted to a “C”.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a writing response containing passages student took from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.


Received an "F" for the course and suspended for 2 semesters.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a literary review containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.


Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.


Received a three semester suspension.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in History a term paper containing passages taken from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.


Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.

Faculty Received no credit for the final version of the paper, amounting to a 10 percent grade reduction for the course.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an annotated

bibliography containing passages drawn from abstracts of the articles student was summarizing without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment, equal to 10% of the course grade.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.

Faculty Received an "F" for the assignment ‐ worth 15% of the final grade. Any further infraction would have resulted in automatic failure of the course.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Religion a seminar paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an "F" for ENG 1302 taken Fall of 2015 as additional sanction plus suspension for three terms.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the paper with the option of taking an "I" for the course, and by July 1, 2018, writing a completely new paper and submitting notes and work product, for a grade of "C".

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages.

Faculty Received a one letter grade deduction on the grade for the paper.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a paper, the majority of which was taken from two websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a one half letter grade deduction for the grade on the paper.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Social Work a policy brief containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay with the opportunity to rewrite and resubmit the assignment for partial credit.

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in SOC 3354 a paper Faculty Received an "F" for the paper and the course.




containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in Religion an optional extra credit assignment containing passages taken from two websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2018 Student submitted for credit in English a major report containing a four line passage taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0' for the assignment.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in History an essay containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the report.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a research paper containing passages taken from a published article without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the essay.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Theology a written assignment containing passages taken from various internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment with a resulting "F" for the course.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Music a written assignment containing large passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Student also failed to follow the instructions of the professor by using the online sources since students were instructed not to use any outside sources, as the assignment was to reflect their own ideas and interpretations exclusively.

Faculty 1. Received a "0" for the assignment. 2. The violation was reported to Dean. 3. Received a stern warning that such actions put a Baylor/Truett degree in jeopardy.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a reflection essay containing passages taken from the internet

Honor Council Received an "F" for the paper and a warning about future work.





Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a reflection essay containing passages taken from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Will be marked absent for the day and participation grade will be adjusted accordingly.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a reflection essay containing passages taken from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Will be marked absent for the day and participation grade will be adjusted accordingly.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay copied in large part from an English capstone project published online by another University. In addition, student did not properly identify the passages used or give credit to the original author for the work.

Faculty Will be marked absent for the day.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a written assignment containing passages taken from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the assignment.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a daily response paper containing passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to redo the work for reduced credit.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Aerospace Studies a paper containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an "F" for the course. A third violation will result in immediate suspension for at least one long semester.

Fall 2017 Student submitted a take home mid‐term exam for credit in Anthropology containing passages taken word‐for‐word from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Removed from the ROTC program as a cadet.

Fall 2017 Student submitted an essay for credit in English 61% of Faculty Given the opportunity to redo the answers for reduced




which contained passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

credit.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay 54% of which was taken from outside sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "0" for the assignment and suspended for Spring 2018 semester.

Fall 2017 On two separate occasions, student submitted for credit in History assignments containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Initially received a "0" for the essay but may resubmit the essay after working with a tutor for reduction on the final score of 15%.

Fall 2017 On two additional, separate occasions, student submitted for credit in Biology reflection assignments that were identical to the original reflection student first submitted without attribution or permission.


Fall 2017 Student presented an outline as part of a prepared speech for credit in Communication containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, student fabricated the annotated bibliography for the assignment, using copied and pasted passages from previous outlines with slight word changes submitted on different topics.

Faculty Received zeros for the two assignments.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an assignment containing passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an assignment containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Theology an essay containing passages taken from the work of another

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment. Student is invited to visit the Writing Center, and to rewrite and resubmit the





assignment. The grade for the revised assignment will be averaged with the initial “0” to determine the final grade for the assignment.

Fall 2017 Student submitted an essay for credit in English containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2017 Student submitted a research paper for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Will rewrite the essay.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Theology a presentation containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the paper resulting in an "F" for the course.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Theology a presentation containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” for the presentation.

Fall 2017 Student submitted a paper for credit in Sociology copied word‐for‐word from a paper found on the internet without properly identifying the copied passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” for the course.

Fall 2017 Student submitted an essay for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from various literature summary websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, use of this material was prohibited by the assignment.


Received a “0” for the essay.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a paper Faculty Student was required to rewrite the essay. In addition, a




containing passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

25 point penalty was assessed, making a 75% the highest grade student could receive on the assignment.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing passages taken from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing a passage taken from an internet site without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a letter grade deduction from the grade for the paper.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing a passage taken from an internet site without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a letter grade deduction from the grade for the paper.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a research project containing passages and ideas taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Instead, student used language to indicate the ideas were student’s own.

Honor Council Received a letter grade deduction from the grade for the paper.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Statistics a final project containing passages taken from published sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Pending. Student is not attending Baylor.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Medical Humanities a group project containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The grade on the written portion of the project was automatically reduced to 50/100. Points were then subtracted based on actual work.

Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in Medical Humanities a group project containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to make up the assignment for partial credit.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a project


Faculty Received a “0” on the project.

Summer 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to correct and resubmit the assignment.

Summer 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a final draft of a research paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, a portion of the draft was taken from an assignment student previously submitted for course credit at another school, and student did not obtain the permission of the professor to include this in the research paper.

Honor Council (2nd offense ‐Automatic Referral)

Received a "0" for the paper and an "F" for the course. Another violation will result in suspension for two long semesters.

Summer 2017 Student submitted as student’s own for credit in Religion a response to a reading question, which was actually taken from Wikipedia, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). This occurred after student had received a stern warning from the professor about academic integrity when student allowed student’s mother to upload assignments on Canvas, and in fact used the mother's failure to do so as an excuse for missing the deadline of the previous unit of material.


Received an "F" for the assignment and the course. The "F" will be permanently calculated in the cumulative GPA. A further violation will result in suspension for at least one long semester.

Summer 2017 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2017 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting

Faculty Received a “0” for the paper.




the original author(s). Student also failed to follow the instructions of the professor by using the online source since students were instructed not to use any sources other than the text in question, their secondary course textbook, and class notes.

Summer 2017 Student submitted for credit in Social Work a literature review containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper. Any further violation will result in an "F" for the course.

Faculty Received a “0” on the assignment. Summer 2017 Student submitted for credit in Economics a paper


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Religion a writing response comprised entirely of passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no credit for the course.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online blog without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment with no possibility of revising and resubmitting it for full or partial credit. Any further incident of plagiarism will result in immediate failure of the course.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to rewrite the essay with a maximum grade of "75" possible.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly






Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Chemistry a lab report containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a Wikipedia article without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a homework assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a website without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an annotation of an article containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the article's abstract without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Management a homework assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages.

Faculty Initially student received a "0" for the essay, but after meeting with the professor and submitting student's revisions to the essay, student received a grade no longer affected by the plagiarism.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a Summary and Response Essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from two online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted a quiz for credit in Pre‐Health Professions containing passages taken from the work of





another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). When submitted to Turnitin.com, there was a 43% match between student's work and the source(s) from which the work was taken. In addition, during an interview with the Baylor Pre‐health Committee, student gave inconsistent information to what student had given the professor concerning the time of the grandmother's death.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, no outside sources were to be used on the assignment.

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment. Student will be allowed to take a supervised paper quiz and receive a reported grade that is the average of the two attempts. Repeated behavior will result in an "F" for the course.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 1. Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a paper found online without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). 2. Student submitted for credit in English an annotated bibliography homework assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a source's abstract without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to revise essay for no grade penalty.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Spanish a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources and the course textbook without properly identifying said passages or

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper and the homework assignment.




crediting the original author(s). Spring 2017 Student submitted an outline and annotated

bibliography for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). When submitted to Turnitin.com, there was a 72% match between student's work and the sources from which the work was taken.

Faculty Allowed to rewrite the paper for a maximum grade of 80%.

Spring 2017 Student submitted a reflection paper for credit in Political Science containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). When submitted to Turnitin.com, there was a 38% match between student's work and the sources from which the work was taken. Furthermore, the use of outside sources on the assignment was not authorized by the professor.




Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in German an assignment containing passages copied from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the essay for a reduced grade.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Doctor of Ministry three book reflection essays containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 On three separate occasions in Biology Student submitted assignments for credit containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original





author(s). Spring 2017 Student submitted a paper for credit in Music containing

passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Music containing passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the paper resulting in an "F" for the course.

Spring 2017 Student submitted a term paper for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a draft of the final paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment which amounted to a 10 percent penalty on the course grade.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a draft of the final paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Strategic Learning a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a response paper and an extra credit assignment both of which contained passages taken from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Art an assignment which contained passages taken from several Web sites without properly identifying said passages or crediting

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper and no credit for the extra credit assignment.




the original author(s). Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Art an assignment



Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Art an assignment containing passages taken from several Web sites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Art an assignment containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a research paper containing passages taken from previously published materials without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a paper containing a table with passages taken from published research articles without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a term paper containing passages taken from an online article without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the table and a 25 point penalty for the assignment.

Spring 2017 On 8 separate dates during the spring 2017 semester student submitted for credit in Great Texts at least 8 entries for three different assignments containing passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the paper with citations and received a letter grade deduction from the grade.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken from a journal article without

Faculty Received a "0" for all three assignments.





Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Religion a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the paper exceeded the limit of allowable internet sources that could be used for the assignment. This was hidden by the fact that student did not cite some sources.


Received a "0" for the essay and an "F" for the course. The "F" will be permanently calculated into the GPA. Another violation will result in suspension for at least one long semester.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy the final paper which contained passages taken from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to revise and resubmit the paper.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Strategic Learning a paper containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Final grade for the paper was reduced by one letter grade.

Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken from a blog post without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2017 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a summary of a work containing passages taken from the work without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2016 Student gave a speech for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the





original author(s). Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a “0” for the speech.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing a paragraph taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said paragraph or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to rewrite the relevant section of the paper for a reduced grade on the paper.

Fall 2016 On three occasions student submitted for credit in Nursing separate assignments containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to rewrite the paper with the maximum score reduced by two letter grades.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Nursing an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Pending – Student Not Enrolled

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Environmental Studies a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Pending – Student Not Enrolled

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Religion a homework assignment containing a response taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Social Work an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the article you were critiquing

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and had a discussion with the professor about proper citation.





Fall 2016 On at least 8 occasions student submitted for credit in Religion short writing responses containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each assignment with no possibility of making up any of the assignments for full or partial credit.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Religion an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).






Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Educational Administration a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper Faculty Received half credit for the assignment.




containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a “0” for the paper.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Was allowed to rewrite the paper for a reduced grade.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an assignment containing passages taken work for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Points were deducted from the "Sources" section of the Essay Rubric.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a paper 25% or more of which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Points were deducted from the "Sources" section of the Essay Rubric.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original





author(s). Fall 2016 On eight occasions student submitted for credit in

Philosophy discussion posts that were directly copied and pasted from posts of other students.

Faculty Required to rewrite the paper.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in Art a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each copied post and will only receive 80% of the overall grade for the assignment.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Spark Notes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Violation was reported to the Office of Academic Integrity.

Fall 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an essay assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online student essay without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0' for the assignment.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Student was allowed to rewrite the paper. On the rewritten paper, there was still one passage taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Apparel Design and

Merchandising a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).The paper was a part of a larger project.


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Computer Science an assignment containing paragraphs taken word for word or in substance from the internet without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper portion of the project and an additional 15 points off the overall assignment.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English: 1. a reading journal containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s), 2. a worksheet containing answers copied from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s), and 3. a Critical Response Essay containing significant portions which were copied verbatim from the internet without citation. In an effort to prevent discovery of the plagiarism, student changed every other word of the hard copy of the essay before submitting the revised digital version to Turnitin. Furthermore, it was discovered that during the fall semester 2015, for credit in English, student submitted four similarly plagiarized essays.


Received a permanent "F" for the course for GPA purposes but may retake the course for credit.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in German an essay containing portions taken word for word or in substance from the internet and Google Translate without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for both courses.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper

containing a passage taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the first draft of the essay. The grade on the second draft will be averaged with the "0" on the first draft.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing a passage taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 10‐point deduction on the grade for the paper.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an annotated bibliography containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Accounting an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English an annotated bibliography containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a warning from the professor.

Spring 2016 Student posted for credit in Italian a blog assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly






Spring 2016 Student submitted for extra credit in Biology an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core an annotated bibliography containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Did not receive the extra credit points.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Political Science at least fifteen reading responses in a Reading Response Notebook containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 0 for the assignment.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Accounting a memo containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Human Performance an assignment, a portion of which was copied word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty None

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Biology a term paper

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The grade on the assignment was reduced by 25%.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" for the paper and will not be allowed to repeat the course.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a bibliography containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).






Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly

Faculty Received an "F" for the paper and the course.





Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no credit for the assignment.

Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in German an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no credit for the paper.



Spring 2016 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the paper and an "F" for the course.


Faculty Was allowed to rewrite the paper, but plagiarized on the rewrite. Received an "F" for the assignment resulting in an "F" for the course.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing multiple passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 20‐point deduction on the paper.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an essay Honor Council Received a "0" on the essay with no opportunity to





(2nd offense ‐Automatic Referral)

rewrite it. Received an "F" for the course because second offense.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a document written by an undisclosed Baylor student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment with the opportunity to revise it for partial credit.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Human Performance an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a document discussed earlier in the semester in class without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Violation was reported to the Office of Academic Integrity.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an Explanation paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a Critical Thinking Assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Religion an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a paper 62% of which was taken word for word or in substance from a single work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and required to work through 2 assigned web sites on plagiarism.




original author(s). Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a reading

response assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from various websites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a paper containing passages which, though cited, matched too closely the wording from the source.


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a quiz containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Pending

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Maximum grade student could receive for the quiz was reduced to 81%. Points lost for other incorrect answers further reduced the grade for the quiz.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a paper containing multiple sources which were misquoted and misrepresented. In addition, the paper contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Student was allowed to correct and resubmit the paper and the resubmitted version also contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Pending



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in educational Psychology

an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty 26 percentage points were deducted from the the grade for the paper.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no points for the plagiarized section of the assignment.





Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Theology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, you did provide three citations, but they were not related to the source used.


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Environmental Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet source(s) without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Theology a special topic digest containing passages taken word for word or in

Honor Council (2nd offense ‐

Pending




substance from internet sources and print sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Automatic Referral)

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment and rewrote the assignment on another topic without receiving credit to the course.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Teacher Education a final project containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a reduced grade on the paper.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the project.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Leadership Development a final exam containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Was allowed to rewrite the paper for a two grade (15 point) deduction.

Fall 2015 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an Incomplete for the course and was required to redo the final exam.

Summer 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an exam containing passages taken word for word or in substance from two online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Summer 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an exam

containing a passage taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the exam.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a weekly assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the exam.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Educational Administration a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 10 point deduction from grade for the course.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in English a reading response containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in English a report containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment but may revise the assignment and receive an average of the two scores.

Spring 2015 Student submitted a paper for credit in Military Science containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student made complete paper available to another student who then copied from the paper.


Received a Permanent "F" for the course and probation until graduation. Another violation will result in automatic suspension for at least one long term and a summer term.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an essay Faculty Received an "F" for the paper.





Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a portfolio containing passages taken word for word or in substance from several internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the essay with the option of rewriting the essay for a maximum grade of "50."

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Biology/Environmental Sciences a term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "D" for the portfolio. Received a permanent F in course. Student may retake course for grade. F stays in GPA.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Speech Communication a speech outline containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "50" for the term paper.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Theology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online source(s) without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2015 Student submitted credit in Great Texts an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Cliff Notes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to revise the paper and resubmit it with corrections to the plagiarism. In addition, received a significant point reduction for the paper.

Spring 2015 Student submitted credit in Great Texts an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received half credit for the assignment.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Theology a term paper

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from several sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received half credit for the assignment.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in Slavic and Eastern European Studies a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to resubmit the paper with corrections made to the plagiarism. In addition, received a significant point deduction on the paper.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in English a paper for Unit 3 containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" on the paper with a 0/50 grade.

Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in English an annotated bibliography containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online abstracts without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2015 Student submitted three papers for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student submitted summaries of two lectures student could attend and summarize for extra credit, but instead of writing the summaries, student used articles and summaries written by other people and failed to properly identifying passages used or credit the original author(s).


Spring 2015 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the internet without properly

Honor Council Received an "F" for the course.





Fall 2014 Student submitted a report outline for credit in German containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0' for the paper resulting in an "F" for the course. Will have to retake the course without using any papers written for this course.

Fall 2014 Student submitted a Background and Rationale Assignment for credit in Social Work containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Biology a written assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 10% deduction from the possible points for the assignment.





Fall 2014 Student submitted a journal assignment for credit in Political Science containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts two Faculty Was allowed to resubmit the assignment for partial




different assignments which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

credit.

Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in English a reading response containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "0" for each assignment. Additional Sanctions ‐ Retake English as a Second Language: Composition English 1301 and make a "C" or higher and receive additional instruction in English comprehension and writing as deemed appropriate by the Provost and Center for International Education

Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Theology a midterm exam containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a homework assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an "F" for the course and suspended for one semester.

Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a homework assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a journal assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly

Faculty Was given the opportunity to resubmit the assignment for partial credit.





Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing a passage taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author.


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing a paragraph taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying the paragraph or crediting the original author.


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in English a major report containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




Permanent F for course. F stays in GPA. May retake course for degree requirement.

Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a reflection paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Then, student submitted for credit a journal entry containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly

Faculty Received 50% credit for the reflection paper and a "0" for the journal entry.




identifying said passages or crediting the original author. Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Religion a paper

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student presented a speech, outline and bibliography for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an "F" for the course and suspended for 2 semesters.





Fall 2014 Student submitted a document for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a film analysis containing passages taken word for word or in





substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in Environmental Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Then, student submitted another paper for the class containing more minor citation issues.

Faculty Received a one letter grade reduction on the paper.

Fall 2014 Student submitted a research paper for credit in Educational Psychology containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources and a student paper from another university, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to resubmit the first paper for a 50% grade penalty and lost points on the second paper for the more minor citation concerns.

Fall 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Theology containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment resulting in an "F" for the course.

Fall 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Social Work containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly






Fall 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Social Work containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a 25 point penalty on the paper.

Fall 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Social Work containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Religion containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2014 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, in doing so, the student failed to follow the instructions of the professor that no outside sources were to be used.

Faculty Received a reduced grade on the paper.

Summer 2014 Student submitted an essay for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core containing passages taken word

Faculty Was allowed to rewrite the paper for a reduced grade.




for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Summer 2014 Student submitted an essay for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the essay and a "C" for the course.

Summer 2014 For credit in History student submitted answers to reading response questions containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the essay and the course.

Summer 2014 For credit in History student submitted answers to reading response questions containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and a warning that any further incident would result in failure for the course.

Spring 2014 Student submitted as part of Honors Program requirements an undergraduate honors thesis containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and a warning that any further incident would result in failure for the course.

Spring 2014 Student submitted for credit in Psychology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council "Honors Scholar with Distinction" designation removed from transcript.

Spring 2014 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original

Faculty Received an "F" on the paper and required to rewrite it for any higher grade.




author(s). Spring 2014 Student submitted a screening response for credit in

Film and Digital Media portions of which were identical to the work of a student who had already taken the class, resulting in an 27% similarity between the two assignments.

Faculty A record of the violation will remain on file with the Office of Academic Integrity.

Spring 2014 Student submitted for credit in Spanish an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" for the screening response portion of the grade for the class (15% of the final grade). Must still submit screening responses but will not receive credit for them.

Spring 2014 Student submitted work for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2014 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another, specifically from SparkNotes, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Was allowed to receive a "W" instead of an "F" in the course.

Spring 2014 Student submitted work for credit in Biology containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2014 Student submitted answers to online quizzes in Neuroscience containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student committed the plagiarism despite instructions from the professor that notes/text were not to be used.


Spring 2014 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a Reading Honor Council Received an "F" for the course and suspension for




Response Paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer and Fall 2014 without the option of transferring work to Baylor taken during that time.

Spring 2014 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a Reading Response Paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and 10% off the total Reading Response Paper grade.

Spring 2014 Student submitted homework for credit in Biomedical Studies containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and a 10% reduction from the total reading response grade.

Spring 2014 Student submitted work for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a grade of "55" for the homework which lowered student's overall grade by one letter.

Spring 2014 Student submitted a research paper for credit in English significant portions of which were taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, when student submitted a second draft of the paper for credit, it too contained significant portions of which were taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2014 Student submitted outlines for Speech #5 and Speech #6 in Speech Communication, both of which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said





passages or crediting the original author(s). Spring 2014 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Theology

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of a previous student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2014 Student submitted a research paper for credit in Religion containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2014 Student submitted written assignments for credit in Theology containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an "F" (0) for the assignment.

Spring 2014 Student submitted a paper for credit in Sociology significant portions of which were taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignments and an "F" for the course.

Spring 2014 Student submitted a research paper for credit in English containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to re‐write the paper for a maximum possible grade of a "70."

Spring 2014 Student submitted a document for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences for two in class assignments copied verbatim from Wikipedia without properly identifying copied passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0' for the assignment and an "F" for the course.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly

Faculty Received a "0" for both assignments.





Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in family and Consumer Sciences an abstract of a journal article containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the article itself without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the paper and was given a chance to revise the paper for a maximum score of 60%.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Accounting an assignment containing slides which had been copied from an internet source, but student represented the slides to be student's own instead of crediting the original author.


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Honors an Honors Colloquium essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance, with only a few changed words, from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Honors an Honors Colloquium essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance, with only a few changed words, from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the colloquium discussion. Another infraction will result in dismissal from the program.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the colloquium discussion. Another infraction will result in dismissal from the program.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from SparkNotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment and asked to rewrite the plagiarized portion of the essay.

Fall 2013 On two occasions student submitted for credit in English papers containing passages taken word for word or in





substance from published sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences an assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Chemistry a lab report that was almost identical to the key used to grade the report, including data that did not correspond to the work student performed in the lab and errors appearing in the key.

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment with the opportunity to redo the assignment for full credit.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing a passage taken word for word or in substance from SparkNotes without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the lab report.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from published sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a paper containing information taken word for word or in substance from published sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s) either in the text of the paper or in the Works Cited page.


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to resubmit the paper for half of the earned grade. If the paper is not resubmitted by the deadline, the student will receive a "0" for the assignment.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary

Core an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Must revise and resubmit the essay for a maximum score of "70" or will receive a "0" for the assignment.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Must revise and resubmit the essay for a maximum score of "70" or will receive a "0" for the assignment.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Religion an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no credit for the paper.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a reflection paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no points for the assignment.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a data analysis project containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received no credit for the paper and an "F" for the course.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from multiple internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a reflection paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without






Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student submitted another assignment for the same course earlier in the semester, also containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from three internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for each paper and, consequently, an "F" for the course.

Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2013 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources, primarily SparkNotes, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2013 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance, with only slight changes, from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2013 Student submitted for credit in Social Work a research Honor Council Received an “F” on the assignment.




proposal containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages as quotes in quotation marks or with page numbers.

Spring 2013 Throughout the semester on weekly submissions, student submitted work for credit in English containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted a paper for credit in Psychology containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a reduced grade on the paper, the matter was reported to the Office of Academic Integrity, and a retroactive "F" for the course was recommended by the professor. Because of the lapse of time since the violation, the grade was not changed.

Spring 2013 Student submitted an essay for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core containing a passage taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” for the assignment.

Spring 2013 Student submitted an essay for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a deduction of 15 points from the final grade for the essay.

Spring 2013 Student submitted a writing assignment for credit in Political Science containing passages taken word for word or in substance from SparkNotes and other sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a choice of taking a grade of “0” on the essay or rewriting it for partial credit.

Spring 2013 Student submitted an essay for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original





author(s). Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Finance a homework

case study as student's own work which in fact had been copied from the textbook's instructor’s manual which student found on the internet.


Spring 2013 Approximately mid‐March 2013 student submitted an essay for credit in ENG 1304 containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the homework assignment.

Spring 2013 On almost all weekly reflection submissions on course readings, student submitted personal reflections for credit in English containing passages taken word for word or in substance from SparkNotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the essay and a deduction from participation grade for the course.

Spring 2013 Student created a program in MATLAB to generate Armstrong numbers as an exam problem for credit in Engineering. The problem contained code taken line for line or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said code or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Theology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of a student who took the course two years ago without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Theology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said sources or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy Honor Council Pending




containing passages taken word for word or in substance from two different internet sources as well as an additional book without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Spring 2013 Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken word for word or in substance from two different internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted a paper for credit in History containing passages (79% of the paper) taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to rewrite the paper for a maximum half credit.

Spring 2013 Student gave a speech for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s) in the speech or the bibliography.


Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Computer Science three assignments containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet resources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a writing assignment containing large passages taken word for word or in substance from published journal articles and book chapters without properly identifying said





passages or crediting the original author(s). Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper



Received a permanent "F" in course.

Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Grade for the paper was reduced by the proportion not original to student (15.7%).


Faculty Grade for the paper was reduced by the proportion not original to student (6%).




Faculty Grade for the paper was reduced by the proportion not original to student (15%).

Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the written portion of the paper.

Spring 2013 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a term paper containing passages taken word for word or in

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment (25% of the course grade).




substance from internet sources without properly identifying said sources or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" for the assignment (25% of the course grade).

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Nursing discussion board postings containing passages taken word for word or in substance from one or more online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the paper, and must rewrite the paper until it is passable. However, the grade will remain a “0”.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Theater a discussion question written assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the assignment.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Religion a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a grade of “F” (0%) for the discussion questions and a grade of “F” (0%) for the portion of the project that assessed “Reading Preparation” of the assigned material.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “20” on the 40 point essay (a 50% reduction in the total number of points allowed).

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Theater a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from one or more online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the paper. May rewrite the paper for a maximum grade of “50” out of “100” any time before the last day of class.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in History a paper

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from one or more online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” (0%) for the paper.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the assignment. This grade will remain one of two essay grades considered for student’s final grade for the course and may not be dropped.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source and from the paper of another student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to rewrite the paper for half credit.

Fall 2012 Student submitted a paper for credit in Aviation Sciences containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2012 Student submitted a paper for credit in English containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Additionally, student misrepresented facts to the professor regarding “a series of medical procedures” that student claimed had contributed to student's absence when the paper was due and about other





aspects of these events in order to receive credit for the paper.

Fall 2012 Student submitted for credit in Teacher Education a take home exam containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2012 Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the exam.

Summer 2012 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, someone else wrote part or most of student's paper.


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Mechanical Engineering a project test plans report containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Honor Council Received a 20% reduction in grade for the assignment.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Film and Digital Media a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a “0” on the report.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in English a paper much of Honor Council Received an “F” for the course and suspended for two




which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


semesters.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Sociology a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Art a midterm paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper and an opportunity to redo the paper.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from two different Web sites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 On at least 13 occasions student submitted on Blackboard for credit in Great Texts daily reflections containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 Student submitted a paper for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken in whole or in part from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a “0” for each of the daily reflections in which plagiarism was detected.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Religion a written assignment which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received an "F" in the course. Additional program sanction of dismissal from the program also supported.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in English a paper the Faculty Allowed to re‐write the essay with a penalty.




majority of which contained passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Political Science an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, the use of outside sources was in violation of the professor’s instructions for the assignment.


Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2012 1. Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a project containing material taken word for word or in substance

Faculty Received an “F” for the paper.




from a professor’s online teaching notes without properly identifying said material or crediting the original author(s). 2. Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a commentary project containing material taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said material or crediting the original author(s).

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in History a book critique containing passages taken word for word or in substance from published book reviews without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for both projects.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a project containing material taken word for word or in substance from Spark Notes without properly identifying said material or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Pending

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Theology a personal reflection essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “Incomplete” for the course and was required to redo the project with a reduction of a letter grade.

Spring 2012 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a final term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a “0” for the assignment and suspension for one semester.


Honor Council Received an 'F" on the paper and for the course.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Social Work a written

assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the textbook without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a “0” for the assignment, and the dishonesty will be reflected in final grade for the course.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to resubmit the assignment with a starting grade of 70.


Faculty Received an "F" on the paper.


Faculty Allowed to rewrite the paper with a one letter grade penalty.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Religion a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Allowed to rewrite the paper for half credit.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Religion a reflection paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Honors an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts an essay Honor Council Received an "F" in course and dismissal from the Honors




containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. When confronted by the professor, student submitted another version and claimed it was the original version, which also contained plagiarized passages. Finally, student submitted a third version which also contained plagiarized passages.

program.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a 10 point deduction from the original grade of 77 on paper for a final grade of 67.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Nursing a research paper containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” for the essay.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from several sources, all of which were the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student submitted the paper late, having told the professor that student submitted it by the due date and that student received a confirmation of said submission from Turnitin.com. The creation date of the paper submitted, however, was later, and no confirmation was produced by student for a paper submitted earlier.

Faculty Received an “F” for the paper and submitted a rewritten paper with the plagiarism corrected.

Fall 2011 Student submitted a paper for credit in Nursing containing passages taken either word for word, or in substance, from the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” on the assignment.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2011 Student submitted for Honors credit for French a

cultural report containing passages taken either word for word, or in substance, from the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Honor Council Received an “F” for the assignment.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in History a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet site without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received no Honors credit for the paper. Dismissed from the Honors program.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a term paper containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from two internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in English a final paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the assignment with an opportunity to submit a new paper on a different topic for partial credit on the assignment.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in English a final paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online essay without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Honor Council Received an “F” for the course.

Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in English a final paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from more than one online essay without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2011 Student submitted for credit in Theater a term research

paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a permanent F for two courses.

Summer 2011 Student submitted for credit in Neuroscience a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2011 Student submitted for credit in Leadership Development two papers containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy an essay assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Sparknotes.com without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2011 Student submitted an argument paper for credit in Religion containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Theology a reading report containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Religion a review essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the publisher’s description of the book and a review of the book on Amazon.com without properly identifying said passages or crediting the


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original author(s). Spring 2011 Student submitted a paper for credit in Honors

containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s)


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a homework assignment containing two sentences taken word for word, or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Received a permanent “F” in course, was removed from the Honors program, and was placed on probation for spring 2012.

Spring 2011 1. Student submitted for credit in History an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, this was done against the instructions of the professor to complete the essay without making use of “outside research.” 2. Student submitted for credit in History an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, this was against the instructions of the professor to complete the essay using only the book itself, The Plague, and other readings in the course.


Spring 2011 1. Student submitted for credit in Spanish a quiz containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the text without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author, and/or 2. Student submitted for credit in Spanish an essay section of an exam containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without

Faculty Received a “0” for the first essay and an “F” for the second essay.




properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Math a homework quiz a portion of which was copied from an instructor’s solution manual.

Faculty Received a “0” for the quiz and a “DF” for the course.


Honor Council Received a deduction of 45 points from a possible 105 on homework grade.



Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Physics two sequential homework assignments that were nearly identical in detail to those in the solutions manual for the text.


Spring 2011 Student submitted a second paper for credit in Honors containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying the said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a zero for the first solution and points were deducted for the other assignment. In addition, received a formal warning.



Received a permanent “F” in course, was removed from the Honors program, and was placed on probation for spring 2012.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Neuroscience a written assignment containing passages which had been copied word for word or in substance from published sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2011 Student submitted a research paper for credit in History containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2011 Student submitted a research paper for credit in History Faculty Received a reduction of 50 points on the assignment.





Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts an essay containing material taken word for word or in substance from Sparknotes without properly identifying said material or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a reduction of 50 points on the assignment.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts an essay containing material taken word for word or in substance from Sparknotes without properly identifying said material or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Theology a formal essay assignment containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. Student was allowed to rewrite the paper, but the rewritten version contained plagiarized portions.


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Management a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Spanish an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2011 Student submitted an assignment for credit in German containing passages taken word for word or in


Received an “F’ for the course.




substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Automatic Referral)

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Honor Council Received a “0” for the assignment.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy the last two papers both of which contained passages taken word for word, or in substance, from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” on the paper with a chance to rewrite it.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Theology a formal essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a “0” for both papers.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences two papers containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received an “F” for the course and suspension for one semester.

Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a trade journal and Web site without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student submitted for credit in family and Consumer Sciences a paper that did not match the electronic version student had submitted to Turnitin. The hard copy, used for grading, contained passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s), but the electronic version had said passages removed.

Faculty Upon further investigation, faculty member found student “Not Guilty.”



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2011 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer

Sciences a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from a trade journal without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for both assignments.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Religion a written assignment containing three paragraphs taken word for word, or in substance, from online sources without properly identifying said paragraphs as quotes or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in History two separate assignments, both containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Furthermore, the professor had discussed the first instance with student before the second occurred.


Fall 2010 Student submitted a reading response for credit in English containing passages taken, in whole or in part, from Sparknotes, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” in the course.

Fall 2010 Student submitted an essay for credit in History containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from an online source, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. This was also in violation of the professor’s directives against using outside sources on written essays.

Faculty Received a “0” on the assignment and a warning that a further violation will result in failure of the course.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Aviation Sciences a short‐answer style mid‐term examination containing a paragraph‐sized passage from a magazine article without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received “an “F” in the class. Because student withdrew from the class, this is a “Withdraw Failing.”

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English a paper Faculty Received a “0” on the examination.




containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another student without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from an Internet blog, without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2010 Student submitted a writing assignment for credit in Religion which contained passages taken word for word, or in substance, from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Political Science a paper containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from the work of another, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2010 On multiple occasions in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core student copied directly from internet sources without properly identifying the copied passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper and will be required to rewrite the paper. The grade on the revision will be averaged with the “0” on the original.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for each assignment.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty The percentage of plagiarized material in the paper was deducted from the grade for the paper, resulting in an “F’ on the paper.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken either word for word or in


Received an “F” for the for the essay and for the course, required to take EDP 1101, rewrite the essay properly,




substance from one or more online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Automatic Referral) and work with tutor form the writing center at least 17 hours.

Fall 2010 Student submitted a journal entry for credit in English containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, student did this after the professor had discussed plagiarism with student because student had submitted a prior assignment containing plagiarized material.

Faculty Received an “F” for the essay and the course.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, professor had discussed plagiarism with student on an essay prior to this one and had allowed student to re‐write that essay for half credit.


Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Theater Arts a research‐based term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying the passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition the plagiarized sections were followed by false citations.


Fall 2010 Student submitted work as part of a group paper for credit in Human Performance containing passages taken word for word or in substance from Wikipedia without

Faculty Received a “0” for the assignment and an “F” for the course.





Fall 2010 Sstudent submitted for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core a research paper containing passages taken in whole or in part from Wikipedia without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Student was allowed to re‐submit the paper since student claimed to have originally mistakenly submitted the rough draft, but the re‐submitted paper also failed to properly identify the passages taken from Wikipedia or credit the original author(s).


Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” (50%) for the paper.

Fall 2010 Student submitted a term paper for credit in English containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online essay without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty The percentage of plagiarized material in the paper was deducted from the grade for the paper, resulting in a “64” on the paper.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English an essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” for the paper and the course.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English a research paper containing passages taken word for word or in





substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences a paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for the assignment and an “F” for the course.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in Great Texts a term paper containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a permanent “F” for the course.

Fall 2010 Student submitted for credit in English a final exam essay containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2010

Student submitted a handout accompanying a class presentation for credit in Social Work containing several paragraphs taken, either word for word or in substance, from the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Web site without properly identifying said paragraphs or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2010

Student submitted responses for a take‐home test in Sociology which contained passages taken from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s)

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper, a “C” for the course, and a rewrite of the paper.

Summer 2010

Student submitted a literature review for credit in Recreation and Leisure Services containing passages taken from a journal article without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received point deductions on the two responses for which plagiarism was detected.

Summer 2010 Student submitted a paper for credit in English Faculty Received the opportunity to rewrite the assignment with



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. containing passages taken from the work of another


a late penalty.

Summer 2010

Student submitted a take‐home final for credit in Accounting containing portions that were taken from the work of another without properly identifying said portions or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2010

Student copied a picture of a fashion illustration from a magazine and submitted the work as student's own for credit on a project in Family and Consumer Sciences.

Faculty Received a “0” on the final exam.

Spring 2010

Student submitted homework problem solutions for credit in Physics that were copied from the solution manual.

Faculty Received a “0” for the project.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken from Spark Notes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2010

Student submitted a midterm exam for credit in Journalism containing passages taken either word for word, or in substance, from an internet source, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” on the paper with no rewrite option.

Spring 2010

Student submitted for credit in Journalism/Film and Digital Media an obituary assignment containing several sections taken from Wikipedia and a New York Daily News article without properly identifying said sections or crediting the original authors.

Faculty Received a “0’ for the midterm.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a paper for credit in Great Texts in which passages, including the main argument and significant ideas, were not original, but taken from another source, some of them copied verbatim, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” on the assignment and warned that will receive an “F” in the course if caught plagiarizing again.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2010

Student submitted an essay for credit in Philosophy containing large portions taken from SparkNotes.com without properly indentifying said portions or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper and acknowledged by written contract that any additional plagiarism in this course will result in failure for the course.

Spring 2010

Student submitted second paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken verbatim, or in substance, from the professor’s lecture and two articles being reviewing without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a “0” for the essay.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken, in whole or in substance, from online sources, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Received a "0" on the paper and suspended for Summer and Fall 2010.

Spring 2010

Student submitted an article summary for credit in Economics about 95% of which was passages taken verbatim from the article without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” on the paper with no chance of rewrite.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a bibliographic summary assignment for credit in Neuroscience containing portions that had been taken either word for word, or in substance, from published electronic documents without properly identifying said portions or crediting the original author(s).


Received a “0” for the assignment and suspended for Summer and Fall 2010.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a bibliographic summary assignment for credit in Neuroscience containing portions that had been taken either word for word, or in substance, from published electronic documents without properly identifying said portions or crediting the original author(s).


Suspended for two semesters and received a permanent “F” in the class.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a research paper for credit in Forensic Science containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting





the original author(s). Spring 2010

Student submitted a research paper for credit in Forensic Science containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Student received a “0” on the assignment and forfeited any extra credit opportunities that occurred after the assignment in question was due.

Spring 2010

During the Spring 2010 semester, student submitted for credit in Great Texts seven daily assignments containing passages taken either word for word, or in substance, from the work of another obtained online without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Student received a “0” on the assignment and forfeited any extra credit opportunities that occurred after the assignment in question was due.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a research paper for credit in Nursing containing passages taken in whole or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” for each of the seven daily assignments.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a research‐based essay for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a “0” for the assignment.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a paper for credit in English containing passage(s) taken word for word, or in substance, from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s)


Spring 2010

Student submitted a paper for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from Sparknotes without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, this was in violation of the professor’s instructions for the assignment in that only the primary text was to be used.


Spring 2010 Student submitted a research paper for credit in Faculty Received an “F” on the paper.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Theology containing passages taken word for word, or in

substance, from the work of another, obtained online, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Spring 2010

Student submitted an interpretation paper for credit in Religion containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2010

Student submitted a research project for credit in Management containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2010

Student submitted a research paper for credit in Leadership/Administration containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from online sources, without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). In addition, some of the footnotes that were included had no apparent relationship to the works and pages they cited.


Spring 2010

Student submitted a final exam essay for credit in English containing passages taken word for word from internet sites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” on the paper.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a paper for credit in English containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” for the paper and for the course.

Spring 2010

Student submitted final paper for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from the work of another, obtained online,





without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Spring 2010

Student submitted a research paper for credit in English containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Spring 2010

Student submitted a research paper for credit in English containing passages (about 70%) taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” in the class.

Fall 2009 Student submitted a paper for credit in History containing passages copied in whole or in part from Web sites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.

Faculty Received an “F” for the paper and, consequently, for the course.

Fall 2009 Student emailed to the instructor for credit in Health Education a paper which was copied in whole or in part from an article in an online journal without properly identifying copied portions or crediting the original author of the article. In addition, emailing the paper was in violation of instructions given by the instructor for the assignment.


Fall 2009 Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken in whole or in part from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Required to rewrite the paper and meet periodically with the instructor.

Fall 2009 Student submitted a paper for credit in Political Science containing passages taken word for word or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Honor Council Received a "0" on the assignment.

Fall 2009 Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a writing assignment containing passages copied from an online


Received a "0" for the paper plus suspension for the spring 2010 semester for second violation. No hours




source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Automatic Referral) taken during the spring 2010 semester may be transferred in to Baylor.

Fall 2009 Instead of reading the text and composing student’s own answer, student submitted a writing assignment for credit in Great Texts containing a paraphrased section taken from an online source without properly identifying said section or crediting the original author.


Fall 2009 Student submitted a written document for a presentation for credit in Theology containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from two separate sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Required to redo the assignment and received a “0” for the assignment.

Fall 2009 Student submitted a paper for credit in Political Science containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received an “F” for the presentation.

Fall 2009 Student submitted a paper for credit in Political Science containing a passage which was taken in whole or in part from an online source without properly identifying said passage or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper and was given the opportunity to write a new paper on which 20 points was deducted from the final grade.

Fall 2009 Student submitted a paper for credit in Political Science containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a “0” on the paper and was given the opportunity to write a new paper on which 20 points was deducted from the final grade.

Fall 2009 Student submitted a research paper for credit in Management Information Systems containing large passages taken, either word for word or in substance, from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).


Summer 2009

Student submitted a group project for credit containing code which was taken from a Web site without properly





identifying the code in question or crediting the original source.

Summer 2009

Student submitted a group project for credit containing code which was taken from a Web site without properly identifying the code in question or crediting the original source.

Faculty Received a “0” for the group project.

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Summer 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit containing passage(s) taken either word for word or in substance from an online source without properly identifying said passage(s) or crediting the original author.


Summer 2009

Student submitted a book review for credit containing numerous direct quotations and paraphrased passages taken from a 1987 review posted online without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a “0” for the paper but was given the opportunity to rewrite the paper.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from a paper student found online without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an F for the assignment.

Spring 2009 Student submitted a pathology statement for credit in Faculty Received an "F" on the assignment.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Nursing containing passages copied either word for

word or in substance from a Web site without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, this conduct was in violation of instructions given by the professor for completion of the assignment in that student used a non‐professional resource to complete assigned research/preparation for a clinical experience that included, but was not limited to, providing patient care by a professional student nurse.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a writing assignment for credit in Great Texts containing six or seven sentences taken from two online sources without properly identifying said sentences or crediting the original author. In addition, two of these sentences were used in an application essay to the Honors Program.

Faculty Received reduction of one letter in grade for course and required to write a 10‐page paper on academic integrity, good professional character and ethical behavior as they relate to the nursing profession.

Spring 2009

Student submitted, for credit in Computer Science homework which contained passages nearly identical to those found in an online source without crediting the original author or properly identifying said passages.

Faculty Discussion with professor. No credit for assignment. Alternate assignment required. Record of incident in Honors Program file.

Spring 2009

Student submitted, for credit in Philosophy, a take home essay exam which contained passages taken virtually word for word, with only minor changes, from an online source, without crediting the original author or properly identifying said passages.

Faculty Received no credit for the question.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without crediting the original author or properly identifying said passages (a 65% match on Turnitin.com).

Faculty Received a "0" on the essay.

Spring 2009

Student submitted for credit in German a portfolio with a text portion containing passages (approximately one‐half of the assignment) copied verbatim from several

Faculty Student was given the opportunity to rewrite the paper.




Wikipedia sites without properly identifying said passages or identifying the original author and in violation of instructions given by the professor.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit in English containing passages copied word for word or in substance from internet sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment but will be allowed to redo the assignment for the second grade.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit in Religion composed of passages taken, in whole or in part, from internet sites without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an "F" on the paper and required to write another "explanation" paper to show ability to complete the requirement for the class.

Spring 2009

Student submitted homework for credit in Computer Science containing passages copied directly from an internet source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a zero on the paper.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit in English which was copied in whole or in part from an internet source without properly identifying copied passages or crediting the original author.

Honor Council (2nd Offense – Automatic Referral)

Received an "F" in the course.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a written assignment for credit in Psychology containing passages taken from the accompanying two research articles without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the paper.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a research paper for credit in History containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a "0" on the assignment and an "F" in the class.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a term paper for credit in Theology containing seven and one‐fourth pages of material taken from the work of another without properly





identifying said passages or crediting the original author. Spring 2009

Student submitted speech for credit in Speech Communication containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. When submitted to Turnitin.com, there was a 69% match between student's outline and that of another student.

Faculty Received 0% credit for the term paper.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a paper for credit in Missions containing passage(s) taken word for word or in substance from the work of another (a library book) without properly identifying said passage(s) or crediting the original author.

Honor Council Received an "F" in the class.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a research paper for credit in English containing passages taken from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Received a "0" on the assignment, F in the course, and probation for the Spring semester 2010.

Spring 2009

Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a written, take‐home exam containing passages taken verbatim or in substance from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s). Furthermore, this was a violation of professor's instructions not to use any secondary sources in writing the exam.

Faculty Received an "F" on the paper and, consequently, an "F" in the course.

Spring 2009

Student submitted for credit in Educational Psychology a homework assignment containing passage(s) taken from the work of another (an unpublished manuscript) without properly identifying said passage(s) or crediting the original author.

Honor Council Received an "F" in the course.

Spring 2009

Student submitted a take‐home final for credit in Psychology containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2008

Student submitted homework for credit in Computer Science containing one answer that was taken either verbatim or in substance from a Web page in violation of professor's instructions and without properly identifying the passage in homework or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an Incomplete for the course and given the opportunity to re‐write the take‐home final at a penalty of one letter grade for the final.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for credit in Political Science which contained five passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without crediting the original author and without appropriately identifying said passages.

Faculty Received a zero on the assignment.

Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Philosophy a paper containing passages copied either word for word or in substance from Spark Notes and one other online source without crediting the original author or appropriately identifying the passages

Faculty Received deduction of 5% for each uncited quote, totaling a 25% penalty from the paper grade.

Fall 2008

Student submitted an assignment for credit in Family and Consumer Sciences containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from three different Web sites without identifying said passages appropriately or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted a term paper for credit in First Year Seminar containing passages copied either word for word or in substance from secondary sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author(s).

Faculty Received a grade of "0" for the assignment.

Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in English a paper containing passages copied verbatim, or in substance from a Web site without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in History a term paper containing passages copied verbatim, or in substance, from another source without properly identifying said

Faculty Received an "F" in the course.




passages or crediting the original author. Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Speech Communication a speech outline which had an 82% match on Turnitin.com to the outline submitted by another student.


Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Speech Communication a speech outline which had a 47% match on Turnitin.com to the outline submitted by another student.


Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Speech Communication a speech outline which had an 82% match on Turnitin.com to the outline submitted by another student.


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Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Speech Communication a speech outline containing passages taken either word for word, or in substance, from an internet source, without identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Speech Communication a speech outline which had a 47% match on Turnitin.com to the outline submitted by another





student. Fall 2008



Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in History a term paper containing passages copied verbatim, or in substance, from another source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted a report for extra credit in Religion containing passages taken either word for word, or in substance, from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for extra credit in Religion containing passages taken, either word for word or in substance, from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Forfeited all extra credit points and received a 5 point deduction on final grade.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for credit in English containing passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, student had someone else write part or all of the paper.

Faculty Received no credit for the paper and points deducted from class participation grade.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for credit in Religion containing a paragraph taken from an online source without identifying said passage or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted Chapter 10 project write up for credit in Educational Psychology, containing, in whole or in part, the work of another student.

Faculty Received an "F" on the paper.

Fall 2008

Student submitted for credit in Political Science a research paper containing passages taken, in whole or in part, from online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.




marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Fall 2008

Student submitted essay 3 for credit in English containing, in whole or in part, passages taken from an online source without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, student falsely claimed that the work was student’s own when questioned by professor.

Faculty Received a 60 point penalty.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for credit in Psychology containing passages copied, in whole or in part, from two online sources without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for credit in Great Texts containing passages taken, in whole or in part, from a Web site without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, the passages in question had been submitted as part of a prior assignment by student and another student ‐ also without identification or credit to the original author.

Faculty Received an "F" in the course and not allowed to retake the course.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a book review for credit in History containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from an online book review in Revista without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received a 20 point deduction on the grade for the paper.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a research paper for credit in Baylor Interdisciplinary Core containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from an online source and a book without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original authors.


Received a "0" on the assignment and an "F" for the course because it was a second offense.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a pathology statement for credit in Nursing containing passages copied either word for word or in substance from a Web site without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, this conduct was in violation of instructions

Faculty Reassigned the paper with a grade reduction.




given by her professor for completion of the assignment in that she used a non‐professional resource to complete assigned research/preparation for a clinical experience that included, but was not limited to, providing patient care by a professional student nurse.

Fall 2008

Student submitted a paper for credit in Philosophy containing passages taken word for word, or in substance, from a paper he found online without properly identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received reduction of one letter in grade for course and required to write a 10‐page paper on academic integrity, good professional character and ethical behavior as they relate to the nursing profession.

Summer 2008 None. Faculty Received an "F" on the assignment. Spring 2008 Student submitted two essays to Turnitin as required by

student’s professor in Psychology. Turnitin detected that at least 25% of one essay and 39% of the other essay were taken word for word from internet sources that were not cited.

Spring 2008 Student submitted for credit in German an essay (Portfolio 1) containing passage(s) copied word for word or in substance from an online source without identifying the passage(s) or crediting the original source. Student failed to correct this when asked to submit corrections in a second assignment (Portfolio 2). In addition, when the professor questioned student about the nature of the work, student initially lied to professor by claiming that student had written the material.

Faculty Received a zero on each essay.

Spring 2008 Student submitted two essays that contained plagiarized material in Political Science

Faculty Received a zero on both assignments.

Spring 2008 Student submitted a paper for credit in Social Work which included passages taken either word for word or in substance from online sources without identifying said passages or giving credit to the original author.

Faculty Received a grade of "F" in the course.

Spring 2008 Student submitted data as student’s own for credit in Faculty Received an "F" on the paper.




Teacher Education which student had actually gathered from internet research conducted in Germany.

Spring 2008 Student submitted a paper for credit in History which incorporated passages taken either word for word or in substance from online sources without crediting the original author(s) or identifying the passages with appropriate notations.


Spring 2008 Student submitted an essay as student’s own for credit in History containing passages taken either word for word or in substance from work on a Web site without identifying said passages or crediting the original author. Furthermore, this was done in violation of the professor's instructions in his syllabus. Student also signed a pledge included with the essay falsely promising that all work was entirely student’s own.


Spring 2008 Student submitted final essay or credit in Great Texts which incorporated at least 9 passages that were taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Spring 2008 Student submitted a paper for course credit in Music that student also submitted for course credit in a Music History course. In one version of the paper that was submitted, student also incorporated into student’s work passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another without crediting the original author or adequately identifying said passages.

Faculty Received a 33 on the final essay. Was allowed to rewrite the essay, but 15 points were deducted for turning it in late.

Spring 2008 Student submitted an assignment for credit in Christian Religious Education which was copied, either word or word or in substance, from the work of another student.

Faculty Completed an alternative assignment and the grade on the alternative assignment was lowered two letter grades to a "C".

Spring 2008 Student submitted a term paper in Classics containing passages taken verbatim from a Web site without

Faculty Received an "F" for the project and course. Could raise the grade to a "D" by completing the following:




crediting the original author and without identifying said passages

a. Satisfactorily rewriting the assigned portfolio section for which the plagiarized work was presented and submitting it electronically to the professor before May 14. b. Satisfactorily writing a formal Biblically‐based research paper and submitting it electronically to the professor by June 1. i. Subject: "The Importance of Honesty and Integrity in the Life and Work of Christian Clergy" ii. 25 pages in length iii. Minimum of 20 reference sources. Personal interviews of seasoned clergy allowed as sources. Biblical/Theological foundation and reflection required. iv. Personal reflection required not to exceed 4 pages of 25. v. No block quotes allowed in the paper. vi. Citations in footnotes and Bibliography required. vii. Turabian 6th edition form. c. Until such time as the research paper is submitted, a grade of "I" incomplete will be entered as grade for the class. d. Missing any of the above deadlines will result in an immediate failing grade in the course.

Spring 2008 Student submitted a paper in English which contained passages taken either word for word or in substance from a Web site without crediting the original author and without identifying said passages.

Faculty Received a zero on the paper, resulting in a final course grade of "D".

Fall 2007 Student turned in a paper in Management that contained passages taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another student. In addition, student collaborated with another student on an assignment that was to be completed “individually

Faculty Received an "F" for the paper and an "F" in the class.




and independently”. Fall 2007 Student turned in an essay for credit in Political Science

which contained extensive plagiarized material. Faculty Received a zero on the assignment.

Fall 2007 Student submitted two papers for credit in Social Work containing material taken either word for word or in substance from the work of another (from Cheathouse.com) without crediting the original author or identifying said passages.

Faculty Received a zero for the assignment (20% of the grade in the course) and a warning that a subsequent offense will result in automatic failure in the course.

Fall 2007 Student submitted a paper in Theology containing passages copied either word for word or in substance from an online source without sufficiently identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” for the class.

Fall 2007 Student submitted a reading response assignment in Theology containing passages copied verbatim from an online resource without identifying said passages or crediting the original author

Faculty Professor discussed the issue with student and gave student a chance to rewrite the paper with the correct citations and removal of plagiarized portions.

Fall 2007 Student submitted a reading response assignment in Theology containing passages copied verbatim from online sources without identifying said passages or crediting the original author


Fall 2007 Student submitted a paper for credit in Music containing passages copied either word for word or in substance from articles on Wikipedia.com and Medieval.org without identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Fall 2007 Student presented a burn case study and paper for credit in Nursing. The paper contained plagiarized material from a Spring 2007 Nursing student's paper.


Fall 2007 Student submitted an essay for credit in Theology which contained portions taken verbatim or in substance from an online source without identifying said portions or crediting the original author.


Pending (Student is no longer a Baylor student)

Fall 2007 Student submitted a paper in Finance which contained Faculty Received an “F” for the class and will be brought before




passages copied either word for word or in substance from the work of another without crediting the original author or identifying said passages. Furthermore, the topic of said paper was not the topic authorized by the professor, but was changed by student without his permission.

the seminary disciplinary committee.

Fall 2007 Student submitted a paper in Theology which contained passages taken verbatim or in substance from online sources without identifying said passages appropriately or crediting the original author.


Fall 2007 Student submitted a paper for credit in Theology containing passages copied verbatim or in substance from an online source without identifying said passages or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received an “F” on the paper and, consequently, an “F” for the class.

Fall 2007 Student watched a movie for extra credit in Political Science with another student. The other student sent paper about the movie to first student to be proofread, and first student used that student's paper to write his own. First student’s paper contained passages that were copied either verbatim or in substance from the other student's paper.

Faculty Received an “F” on the paper and consequently and “F” in the class.

Fall 2007 Student submitted a research paper for credit in English containing passages taken in whole or in part from other sources without identifying said passages or crediting the original author. In addition, when given the chance by professor to write a second paper, student turned in a second paper containing passages taken in whole or in part from other sources without identifying said passages or crediting the original author.


Suspension for Summer 2008 and Fall 2008 with the understanding that coursework cannot be transferred during these semesters.

Summer 2007 Student plagiarized a research paper for credit in Psychology as detected by TurnItIn Plagiarism Detection System.

Faculty Received an "F" on the assignment and an "F" in the course.

Spring 2007 Plagiarized midterm exam in Sociology. Faculty Required to re‐write the paper and the grade on the




paper was reduced by three letter grades. Spring 2007 Plagiarized midterm exam in Sociology. Faculty Received a “0” on the midterm exam. Spring 2007 Student committed plagiarism in two out of three

answers submitted for midterm exam in Philosophy Metaphysics.

Faculty Received a “0” on the midterm exam.

Spring 2007 During a speech in Speech Communications, student quoted passages word for word from several sources that were not included in bibliography.


Spring 2007 Student copied numerous and lengthy passages verbatim from the internet for use in a term paper in History.

Faculty Received an “F” for course.

Spring 2007 1. Student submitted articles copied from Wikipedia as answers for an in‐class exam in Classics, then 2. Student submitted an essay containing at least 3 plagiarized passages: two from everything2.com and one from Cambridge University Press online.


Spring 2007 Student turned in an essay for credit in History which was copied verbatim from an online source which student did not identify or credit.

Faculty Received a "0" on each assignment and "F" in course.

Spring 2007 Student turned in a research paper for credit in English which contained several sections that matched verbatim a published journal article that was not mentioned and whose author was not identified nor given credit.

Faculty Received an “F” for course.

Spring 2007 Student turned in a term paper in Economics containing large sections of text taken verbatim from a published paper without identifying the sections or crediting the original author.

Faculty Received no credit for the paper and received an “F” in course.



marks, footnotes, or another appropriate written explanation. Spring 2007 Student turned in an essay in Religion which contained

passages copied and pasted from two internet sites without identifying said passages or giving credit to the original author. The essay was part of a series of one‐page essays throughout the course.

Faculty Received a “0” on the term paper.

Spring 2007 Student turned in an essay in Religion which contained passages copied and pasted from two internet sites without identifying said passages or giving credit to the original author. The essay was part of a series of one‐page essays throughout the course.

Faculty Received a failing grade on the entire group of essays since failure in one essay resulted in failure of the entire group of assignments.

Spring 2007 Student submitted a paper for honors credit for Genetics, Biology, containing passages copied either word for word or in substance from an essay found on www.essaysample.com without crediting the original author or sufficiently identifying the original author’s work.

Faculty Received a failing grade on the entire group of essays since failure in one essay resulted in failure of the entire group of assignments.

Faculty Did not receive Honor’s Credit for the course.

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