by Sarah Elaine Eaton
The Alberta Colleges and Institutes Faculties Association (ACIFA) (Alberta, Canada) has released a brand new report on academic integrity. ACIFA’s Position on Academic Integrity, was prepared by Brooklin Schnieder, ACIFA Vice President, Professional Affairs.
This report covers important topics for faculty associations and academic unions and their members, related to academic integrity:
- Faculty members’ role in promoting academic integrity
- Academic integrity and workload
- Emotional labour and burnout
- Institutional policies and practices
- Curriculum and assessment practices
- Text-matching software and other technology solutions
- Academic file-sharing and copyright
- Contract cheating
- Artificial intelligence
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Decolonization and Indigenization
The report concludes with a dozen recommendations, framed through the lens of social justice and advocacy, “Faculty are deeply committed to these values, but such a commitment should not come with a corresponding cost of additional unremunerated hours, emotional labour, and burnout. And with technological change, the opportunities for…
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