Ohio University's Graduate Student Senate is set to discuss recommending changes to the university's plagiarism policy, and encouraged other student groups to join the discussion at last night's meeting.
If a former student is found guilty of plagiarism, colleges decide the penalty and OU's Office of Legal Affairs carries it out, said Mark Mecum, president of Graduate Student Senate. Current students face the same process but University Judiciaries is involved, he said.
More involvement from University Judiciaries could be a potential revision to the policy, Mecum said. This would be especially important if Vision Ohio, OU's strategic plan for the future, creates a graduate college that would consolidate tasks now performed by individual academic departments, he said.
If we think that we want change to happen
we shouldn't just keep it in Graduate Student Senate he said, adding that Student Senate and other organizations should be involved.
If a harsh policy is in place, it will act as a deterrent, said senator Jeff Dickman.
Senate will begin discussing the recommendations the first meeting of Spring Quarter, Mecum said.
Senate also passed a resolution accepting its Student Health Insurance Committee's recommendations to Student Health Services.
Proposed changes include giving domestic and international students the option of choosing one of two health care plans and removing coverage for alcohol or drug abuse treatment and abortions if statistics from Student Health Services indicate international students do not use these services.
Senate also passed a resolution supporting OU assisting with graduate student health insurance fees.
Other universities help with these fees, but OU does not do this at all, Mecum said.
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