How does the Honor Board decide to investigate someone?
There is a misperception that Honor Board members monitor the behavior of other students and initiate investigations based on what they find. Nothing could be further from the truth. The most typical scenario is that a professor suspects that a student has plagiarized or collaborated on an assignment, and notifies the Honor Board. Sometimes a fellow student witnesses dishonest behavior and reports it to the Honor Board. A student could also turn themselves in.
