Lisa Bowleg asks: > What's the best route?: > > 1. Write on their papers that this is academic dishonesty and serious, and > that they should consider this a one-time only warning? > 2. Ask them to come and see me together and then talk to them about > academic dishonesty? > 3. Other? Hi Lisa, I would do option 2. Be very serious, and treat it like the serious offense it is. Tell them they are receiving a 0, and to give you a good reason why you should not submit this case to the school officials for further disciplinary action. Then, at the end of the meeting, tell them "you will have to think about it, and you will let them know soon." Then they can sweat on their misdeeds further. After a few days, let them know that you have decided to not report it, but that if you catch them doing the same thing again (or any type of academic dishonesty), they will 1) fail your course automatically, and 2) possibly be expelled from the university. That usually works well for a first-time offense. good luck, Todd D. Nelson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, California 95382 Office: (209) 667-3442 FAX: (209) 664-7067 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: Http://www.csustan.edu/psych/todd/todd.html
