What is Accepting Responsibility?
Accepting Responsibility is a new pilot program to promote academic integrity. For small, first-time offenses, instructors may offer students an opportunity to accept responsibility for the academic integrity violation and attend a workshop on values, habits, and decision making. In return for accepting responsibility and participating in the workshop, the grade penalty the student receives will be limited and the violation will be recorded as a non-reportable warning. This means it will not be reported by Cornell to external entities. The student and their instructor are both spared the burden of an academic integrity hearing process. This pilot is sponsored by the Bowers College of Computing and Information Science and the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. In 2024, a limited set of Bowers courses will participate in the pilot. Read more.