Between 50 and 60 deans, associate deans and department chairs from across campus gathered Monday for a meeting on academic integrity in light of the NCAA’s report on Syracuse University.

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy and Chancellor Kent Syverud met with those administrators in attendance on Monday to discuss the NCAA report and the university’s academic integrity policy. On March 6, the NCAA released a report on SU that detailed instances of academic fraud and impermissible academic benefits.

“It’s a pretty major event and the point was to bring us all together and to recommit to the university’s pledge to ensure academic integrity for all, and for folks to hear a bit about the report since we haven’t been able to talk about it during an eight-year investigation,” Liddy said in an interview.

One purpose of the meeting was to ensure that everyone is aware of the resources available. Guest speakers were on hand to explain the role of the Academic Integrity Office and the Stevenson Educational Center for Student-Athlete Development, Liddy added.

Those in attendance didn’t bring up anything particularly surprising during the meeting, Liddy said. But she added that nobody is happy with the findings in the report or the academic misconduct that occurred.

She said the university expects all of its students and faculty to behave with integrity. The number of students listed in the report who committed academic violations is just a small amount compared to the total number of students in courses at the university, she said. However, the report “doesn’t make people feel good,” Liddy added.

“I think people admit and say, ‘Yes, everything wasn’t done exactly the way it should have been done,’” Liddy said. “We don’t want to see that and we want to commit to conducting our business with the highest of integrity.”