Calling Students Bluffs

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Calling Students Bluffs

• Kathy Rex and Sara Mock
• University of Florida
• 2005 NACADA National Conference
• Code 381

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Outline

• Characteristics of our millennial students
• Scenarios/case studies
• Why should we care about this topic?
• Understanding student development
• What can we do?

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Characteristics of Millennials

• Sheltered
• Achieving
• Pressured
• Information-age mindset

Howe, Strauss Matson. (2000)
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Scenarios/Case Studies

• Transcript manipulation
• Forged medical documentation
• Law school applications
• Examples from the audience?

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Why should we care?

• CAS Standards and Guidelines (2003 ed.)
• American College Personnel Association Student
  Learning Imperative (1996)
• Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and
  Land Grant Universities (1997)

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Student Development Theory

• Kohlberg
• Kegan
• Chickering Reisser

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What can we do?

• Contemporary American society is filled with
  calls for civic renewal and a greater sense of
  community obligation. (Carnegie Foundation,
  Campus Life In Search of Community)
• Students want to work in communities where
  competition is fair. They understand that one
  of the greatest inducements to engaging in
  academic dishonesty is the perception that
  academic dishonesty is rampant. (D. McCabe and
  G. Pavela, Ten Principles of Academic Integrity)
• ..lead a life that takes comfort in the process
  of learning and doesnt focus on the end result
  (D. Calahan, The Cheating Culture)

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What can we doas a university community?

• Get students involved in the solutions
• Campus-wide initiatives
• Good examples
• www.k-state.edu/honor
• www.studentconduct.umd.edu/ethical/overview.html
• Orientation
• Classes
• Residence halls
• Web dialogue
• Workshops

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What can we doas academic advisors?

• Learn what is being done on your campus and
  accept the responsibility for contributing to
  your campus culture of integrity
• Dont be afraid of the developmental
  conversation (Healy Liddell)
• Communicate campus/office values
• Invite student participation on office committees

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Thank you for coming!

• Kathy Rex
• kathyrex_at_advising.ufl.edu
• Sara Mock
• smock_at_advising.ufl.edu