Academic Integrity in the Caribbean

Ruth Baker-Gardner

ISBN 10: 9766409218 / ISBN 13: 9789766409210

Published by University of the West Indies Press, JM, 2022

About this Item

Academic integrity is key to the reputation of higher education institutions. Plagiarism, the most frequently occurring form of academic misconduct, poses a significant threat to the maintenance of academic integrity globally, but it has received very little attention in the research literature of the Caribbean. This volume aims to lift the blanket of silence that surrounds plagiarism in the region by examining students' perception of plagiarism, as well as its prevalence in society generally, and at both the secondary and tertiary levels. It also examines accreditation agencies' treatment of academic integrity in their policies. This work is valuable to higher education administrators, faculty and students. It provides the first in-depth examination of plagiarism regionally, and includes relevant information and strategies aimed at helping the region to transition from the current punitive approach to plagiarism management to a culture of academic integrity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Academic Integrity in the Caribbean
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press, JM
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9766409218
• ISBN 13: 9789766409210
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 590 grams

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Synopsis

Academic integrity is key to the reputationof higher education institutions. Plagiarism, the most frequently occurringform of academic misconduct, poses a signi?cant threat to the maintenance ofacademic integrity globally, but it has received very little attention in theresearch literature of the Caribbean. This volume aims to lift the blanket ofsilence that surrounds plagiarism in the region by examining students’perception of plagiarism, as well as its prevalence in society generally, andat both the secondary and tertiary levels. It also examines accreditationagencies’ treatment of academic integrity in their policies. This work isvaluable to higher education administrators, faculty and students. It providesthe ?rst in-depth examination of plagiarism regionally, and includes relevantinformation and strategies aimed at helping the region to transition from thecurrent punitive approach to plagiarism management to a culture of academicintegrity.

About the Author

Ruth
Baker-Gardner is a lecturer in the Department of
Library and Information Studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona,
Jamaica. She has over thirty-four years of experience in teaching at various
levels of the education system.