TO ALL FACULTY IN THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES:

Given the increase in the number of cases of plagiarism that have occurred over the past few years, I have decided to keep a data base of all reported cases of plagiarism in the School of Arts & Sciences. Each record contains the name of the student, the class in which the plagiarism occurred and the name of the instructor reporting the incident. If this office receives a report of a case of plagiarism and the student's name is already in the data base, I will forward the name of the student to the Director of Judicial Affairs and request that disciplinary action be taken. Therefore, it is important that all cases of plagiarism be reported to this office regardless of the action taken by the individual instructor.

If you have confirmed that a student has plagiarized on a paper or engaged in other activities of academic dishonesty, please e-mail the name of the student, the nature of the academic dishonesty, the course (dept, course number and section number) and semester in which this occurred (past occurrences may be reported also if you choose), and your decision regarding the consequence of the plagiarism. Also include whether you would like for me to write a letter to the student expressing the university's intolerance of academic dishonesty.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Dr. DonnaJean A. Fredeen, Dean

School of Arts & Sciences

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, CT 06515

(203) 392-5468