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for its strict honor code — “Aggies do not lie,
cheat or steal, nor do they tolerate those who do”
— extensive research has shown that Aggies are
academically dishonesty, Kibler said.
Dr. Donald McCabe of Rutgers University,
founding president of the Center of Academic
Integrity and leading researcher on the topic for
the past decade, has found that schools showing
the highest incidents of cheating are large public
universities.
A 1998 survey conducted by Texas A&M and
coordinated by Kibler reported very high incidents
of Aggies engaging in academic dishonesty.
“Texas A&M is a large public university, and
the results we got when we did this survey three
years ago were what you would expect,” Kibler
said. “We have a lot of work to do here at Texas
A&M to draw awareness to the problem and then
do some things to try to address that problem.”
Faculty and students are welcome to attend the
conference, which will include a variety of work
shops and sessions over a four-day period.
Today, the conference will host a discussion on
academic integrity and the Internet, addressing
issues of plagiarism, challenges in distance educa
tion and effects on the traditional classroom that
result from the use of the Internet.
The regular conference begins Friday evening.
Several A&M faculty members are scheduled
to either speak or participate in the conference ses-
Forum
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that, because we’ll make A&M
less competitive,” Bowen said.
“The value of your degree
depends on our ability to keep
our programs on the cutting
edge.”
A combination of new
expenditures and limited
funding from the state have
contributed to the budget
crunch, Bowen said. Faculty
members will get a three per
cent salary increase, and staff
members will receive a four
percent increase. Although the
staff raise is state mandated,
the state is shouldering only
half the cost, Bowen said.
Also, the rising price of ener
gy has resulted in an $8 mil
lion increase in the utilities
budget.
Texas A&M also fared
poorly in the 2001 Texas leg
islative session in comparison
with other state schools,
Bowen said. A&M received a 6
percent general revenue
increase from the state, while
other schools in the A&M
System got a 9.5 percent
increase, and the University of
Houston received an 11.7 per
cent boost.
Because A&M (along with
the University of Texas at
Austin) have access to the
Permanent University Fund,
both schools are often excluded
from competing for some state
funds, Bowen said. .
“The budget process is
structured to the disadvantage
of A&M and the University of
Texas,” Bowen said. “There are
no advocates for this kind of
university, nobody to stand up
and say that there should be
some universities in Texas that
are among the best in the
nation.”
Because it is likely the state
will continue shifting the cost
of higher education to students,
another similar fee increase
will be needed in four or five
years, Bowen said.
Some of the students at the
forum were skeptical that the
University had examined other
options before raising fees.
“It (excellence fee) may be
necessary, but they should at
least consider budget cuts,”
said John Spurlin, a junior
engineering technology major.
Bowen said A&M was
already operating at a high
level of efficiency, and any
cuts would severely degrade
the quality of programs and
services.
“A&M’s per student spend
ing is 40 percent below other
public schools at our level, and
the fact that we’re still compet
ing at that level demonstrates
that we’re pretty efficient,”
Bowen said.
If implemented, the excel
lence fee is expected to gener
ate $9 million for the 2002-
2003 fiscal year, and after
four years, when most stu
dents will be paying the fee, it
will bring in $30 million
annually. However, Bowen
said, rising deficits produced
by spending commitments
such as staff and faculty raises
will continue to devour all the
fee revenue.
Bowen will discuss the fee
proposal at the Oct. 26 Board
of Regents meeting, but no
action will be taken. Bowen
said he hopes regents will
approve the fee before year’s
end, so prospective students
can take the added expense into
account.
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sions on Saturday and Sunday. Murphy Smith, an
A&M professor of accounting, will speak on
ethics in business Saturday morning. Dr. Smith
will discuss the importance of personal integrity in
the business world and society in general.
Smith has collected data from students around
the country and concludes that Texas A&M stu
dents are more ethical than the average college
student in America. Aggies do not have a problem
addressing the second part of the honor code, tol
erating others who lie or cheat.
“To have the courage to confront somebody
else who is not acting ethically is a real challenge,
but I think that’s the key to the future of academic
integrity on Texas A&M’s campus or anywhere
else,” Smith said.
Kibler and Dr. David Parrott. A&M’s Dean of
Student Life, also will speak.
McCabe has found cheating to be a nationwide
problem in large and small institutions, yet
schools like A&M that have honor ccxles and a
sense of tradition are less likely to experience high
levels of academic dishonesty.
“A well-run, well-implemented honor code
does significantly reduce the level of cheating”
McCabe said. “Being in College Station, you tend
to orient your life towards the campus, so it’s
much easier to develop a community ethic.”
The conference lasts Thursday through Sunday
at the George Bush Presidential Conference
Center. Students interested in attending the con
ference may register until Friday evening. The
office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
will waive the registration fee for all students.
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certain aircraft operatots to
search their aircraft ffli \o
screen passengers and cte»
members and their
prior to departure.
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junction with A&M faculty,*
dents and staff and Colle;
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provide flights to Houston it
to Dallas-Ft. Worth airports,
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