Faculty Senate Academic Policies Committee
Members
Paul Davis, Aeronautics
Kurt Winkelmann, Chemistry
This committee meets on an as-needed basis at times scheduled by the chair.
Topics Covered in Last Several Years
Plagiarism/Cheating
FIT Plagiarism Policy from Lars Jones et al.
FIT Plagiarism Policy from Graduate Handbook
Prof. Bill Gabrenya's Statement on Academic Dishonesty
Florida Tech has an agreement with TurnItIn.com such that faculty members
and/or students can submit papers to check for plagiarism.
Revisions to the End-of-Semester Student Evaluations of Faculty
Based on the statistically validated form used by Prof. Cashin while at Villanova University.
Prof. Cashin is now at Kansas State University.
Permission to use the form was obtained by President-Elect Kurt Winkelmann
from http://www.vpaa.villanova.edu/CATS/CATSGUIDE.html on April 24, 2006.
Within the .zip file that opens when you click on
Revisions to the End-of-Semester Student Evaluations of Faculty
FloridaTechCATSform.doc contains the purpose of the new evaluation form, as
well as all the questions therein. FloridaTechCATSformdescription.doc
contains documentation on how the form should be used in evaluations, etc.
as documented by Cashin, 1995
For any of the following topics, right click on the link to
archive.tif,
save the file, then open it.
Do NOT use QuickTime to open the link.
Are students coming through ESL or ELS adequately prepared? - pages 285-291
Effect of Ten Week Drop Period on Plagiarism Punishment - middle of page 283
Effect of Increased Number of ADD/ADHD Students on Testing - bottom of page 283
Effect of Flat Rate Tuition on Student Performance - bottom of page 283
Teaching Evaluations - page 21
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) - page 58