Academic honesty expert to visit WPI


Courtesy of - WPI News Service

On Monday, December 9, Donald L. McCabe, nationally known expert on matters pertaining to academic cheating and honor codes, will be visiting WPI. An associate professor of organization management at Rutgers University, and currently serving as Associate Provost for Campus Development, McCabe has published widely on ethical decision making, particularly on the relationship between college education and ethical development. McCabe's research has recently focused national attention upon an epidemic of cheating that has swept across American universities during the past three decades. He is one of the founders of the Center for Academic Integrity and speaks often on college campuses about the nature and effectiveness of honor codes. McCabe will be meeting and discussing with students and faculty his findings concerning academic intergrity in a series of events on Monday, December 9. More details about the visit will be announced next week. If you desire additional information, please contact Bland Addison, Humanities and Arts Department, (x5190, addison@wpi.edu).


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