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LSA looks at cheating, coproducing and integrity HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
159 of 305 academic integrity violations were due to unauthorized collaboration
Pro-divestment audience members holds signs that read “Stop Silencing Us” at the CSG Divestment Resolution in the MLB Tuesday.
CSG passes #UMDivest resolution in a secret ballot after 8 hour meeting
23 votes for and 17 against, resolution approved for first time in campus history at Central Student Government early Wednesday morning with 23 voting in favor, 17 against, and 5 abstained. Daily Staff Reporters “We feel like we finally were given a voice on this campus,” a SAFE student tearily said to the Divestment — for the first time audience. “We are celebrating in the University of Michigan, when Palestinian are given real Ann Arbor’s history — passed human rights. This is the first step DYLAN LACROIX, RHEA CHEETI & JORDYN BAKER
we can take. This is an amazing victory.” The divestment movement calls for the support of the University of Michigan administration to divest from companies operating in Israel, on the behalf of Palestinians and in fear of human rights violations against them. The resolution this year was embroiled in controversy
within the Central Student Government executive board, prompting CSG to create its own investigative committee. The meeting Tuesday night deviated from previous years in several ways. Unlike last year, a secret ballot was approved, with 28 in favor, 7 against, 9 abstained. See RESOLUTION, Page 2A
MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter
When LSA sophomores Rebecca Bernstein and Andie Harris received a problem set back from their Stats 250 graduate student instructors, their grades were a shock: They both received zeros. Emails from their respective instructors explained their respective homeworks were too similar to those of their friends in the class. While the lowest homework grade is dropped, the sharp reprimand confused Bernstein and Harris. Their situations, however, were very different. Bernstein was working with friends in a study group as they do
every week. She said working together means answers might be similar, but is a common result when collaborating with students. “I wasn’t cheating,” Bernstein said. “I was genuinely working with someone else to help through the concepts, so to say that working together could be a form of cheating, I think it’s just really unfair because I feel like we go to a really collaborative university. On campus, there isn’t that much sense of competition among students. I work together with other students in my classes all the time so to be able to work on a problem together when it’s multiple choice and not get See CHEATING, Page 3A
Massive Online Open Courses the central topic Talk looks at blending of discussion at Academic Innovation Summit
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of policy, athletics
Ford CEO, Former NFL commissioner speak on social justice movements SAM SMALL For the Daily
With current political climate and an increasing number of athletic protests against social inequalities, the interplay between sports and public policy are two entities that are becoming increasingly intertwined, according to former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Jim Hackett, president and CEO of Ford Motor Company and former interim director of University of Michigan athletics. The two discussed this intersection and more to University faculty and students Tuesday afternoon. Since September 2016, the NFL has been the topic of controversy within much of the political sphere, as former NFL player Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem to protest social and political tension nationwide. Other athletes have followed suit, leading President Donald Trump and other politicians to denounce the symbolic protest of kneeling. NFL teams like the Saints, Ravens, Jaguars and multiple individual players from teams throughout the league, have been controversially contributing to the cause originally See AWARENESS, Page 3A
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Panelists discussed significance of digital initiatives, hybrid education programs and online degree completion ALEX COTT & MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporters
To tip off the University of Michigan’s Academic Innovation Initiative Summit, University deans gathered at a panel on the future of innovation in academics Tuesday afternoon, with 70 in attendance. Last year, University President Mark Schlissel and former Provost Martha Pollack kicked off the Academic Innovation Initiative, an effort to engage all members of the University community in discussions on how to further the University’s projects and promote constant academic innovation. The summit, held at the end of the University’s bicentennial year, included panels and breakout activities supporting the initiative. James Hilton, vice provost for academic innovation and dean of libraries, moderated Tuesday’s conversation and began by asking panelists how they are developing academic innovation within their respective schools. Lynn Videka, dean of the School of Social Work, spoke about three main areas of academic innovation the school has been working toward: Launching a MicroMasters Massive Open Online Courses program in the fall, using captivated modules and face-to-face interactions to train social workers in hybrid continuing education programs and developing the Civil Rights Academy, a program that aims to provide technology and tools to
instill middle-school- and highschool-age youth with social action skills at an early age. “It’s in helping develop informed and responsible citizens,” Videka said. “This Civil Rights Academy does just that — it awakens young adolescents to social justice issues, how to organize in the community, how to achieve goals working with social groups. We think that’s a great skill and a worthy contribution and something that doesn’t compete … with our in-person based programs.” Joanna Millunchick, associate dean of undergraduate education in the College of Engineering, discussed how the school’s on-theground classroom innovation techniques, such as their new Ph.D. program, Engineering Education Research, place engineering education researchers into the actual departments rather than creating a new, separate research department. The school is also developing new modes of teaching through virtual and augmented reality techniques. “Our students know (these techniques) are the next big thing, too. … They are the ones taking the top (research) prizes. They already realize what it is that future scorers hold,” Millunchick said. Jonathan Massey, dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, spoke on the school’s emphasis on preserving a community of face-to-face learners and peer collaboration. However, architecture’s high contact hour per credit hour program raises the question of how to apply academic
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innovation to preserving handson training and balancing time dedication. “(Time dedication) skews the field,” Massey said. “Our project is to figure out how to incorporate some of the academic innovation and blend in a way that preserves the strengths of the studio pedagogy.” Laurie McCauley, dean of the School of Dentistry, emphasized her goal to use academic innovation to personalize education in three main areas: online degree completion programs, the University’s first
completely online bachelor’s degree; Pathways, the dental school curriculum used throughout all four years of the program; and the community-based dental program, partnering with health professionals at 20 sites throughout the state for patient care. “I am quite fortunate that our faculty need very little prodding to do this; they love doing these projects, they love engaging with students on a one-on-one basis and individualized manner,” McCauley said.
Thomas Finholt, dean of the School of Information, emphasized the importance of Massive Open Online Courses and the school’s commitment to online education. Several hundred thousand people are taught through MOOCs and a third of faculty are involved in these online education platforms, according to Finholt. “(MOOCs) really reflect three kinds of considerations — expanding the brand and reaching out, 80 percent of students who have See SUMMIT, Page 3A
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Panelists at the Academic Innovation Initiative Summit in the Michigan League Tuesday.
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