BOULDER — Although reports of cheating are up at the University of Colorado, campus officials say that’s because students in the Honor Code Office, which collects and investigates reports of cheating on campus, are doing a better job of raising awareness about the tools available to faculty to curb academic dishonesty.
This year, the student-run office has been doing more outreach to the campus community and faculty, encouraging them to learn more about what their office does and how it creates a community of academic integrity, said honor code chairman Will Hauptman.
From Aug. 1, 2012, to July 31, the office received 279 reports of cheating, up from 202 during that same time across 2011 and 2012. The two most recent years are up from the 148 incidents reported in 2008-09, but Hauptman said the numbers aren’t necessarily indicative of more students cheating.
“I know the numbers maybe look alarming, but the increase in reports does not mean cheating is on the rise,” he said. “It does not mean there is some sort of moral or ethical dilemma at CU. It’s a result of many factors. The most prominent in my mind is increased faculty involvement with our process.”
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