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Academic Honesty: Tools and Resources

An introduction to academic honesty at Lawrenceville, including tips for avoiding plagiarism.

For more, see page 17-18 of the Lawrenceville Student Handbook, 2024-2025

How do academic departments at Lawrenceville define and address academic honesty? 

View departmental polices linked below: 

How does Lawrenceville address the use of AI? View this excerpt from our student handbook (2024). 

When you enroll as a student, you are entering a community that values trust:

  • Trust that your work and ideas are taken seriously

  • Trust between you and your teacher that your work will be given the attention it deserves when it is evaluated

  • Trust that you can express your ideas without fear that someone else will take credit for them 
     

You're part of an intellectual community: 

  • Practice what it means to be a scholar, which includes analyzing and synthesizing ideas from your scholarly community. 

  • Citation tracks the evolution of ideas over time and confirms legitimate, verified research. 

  • You’re standing on the shoulders of giants: respect those who helped to shape your thinking by giving due credit.

For more, see page 17-18 of the Lawrenceville Student Handbook, 2024-2025