Don wrote, in part:
> Most recently this student took a students paper, copied it, and then
> when I confronted her, lied to me and told me that she had worked with
> that student, which he (the guy whose paper she grabbed) denies.
>
> How can I get the message across that her antics will no longer be tolerated
> in a way that won't cause a screaming match? Thanks in advance...
>
On our campus, this sounds an awful lot like an Honor Code violation. If I were
you, and this happened here, I'd turn the student in as an Honor Code violator
and let the chips fall.
It sounds as if this is a problem that has festered. Just as a general
principle of practice, problems that one confronts tend to be easier to resolve
than problems that one does not confront. This sounds like it should have been
confronted sooner.
I hope you have a campus security force you can call if the student becomes to
overtly hostile.
Pat Cabe
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Patrick Cabe, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
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