Stephen wrote:
>Interesting point. Is a term paper handed in to an instructor a
>confidential document? Is showing the paper to a colleague a
>breech of that confidentiality? Or is consulting with a colleague
>concerning a submission analogous to a doctor consulting with another
>doctor about the appropriate treatment for a patient?
Stephen:
I know you said more than this (apologies if the cut does injustice to your
points) but I don't think this is a Buckley violation at all. It says (at
least as I remember it!) that you must limit access to such persons as have
a cause for input into the grade. Clearly that is open to interpretation,
but my take would be that if this is a legitimate suspicion of "cheating"
then the other instructor would fit within the rubric of "someone concerned
with the assignment of the grade". One need not share too much infomation
to determine the double dip anyway. Simply examining the paper (not the
grade or correcting of the paper) for legitimate charges of the position of
instructor would not IMHO constitute a violation: technical or otherwise.
Though please let me know if I'm wrong! (Hoping I don't have the same
problems in a few days!)
Tim Shearon
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Timothy O. Shearon, Ph.D.
Albertson College of Idaho
2112 Cleveland Blvd
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
Department of Psychology
Physiological Psychology/Neuroscience
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