University officials said the University’s computer system is safe from the type of break-ins and grade-tampering experienced at the University of Delaware (UD).

Danielle Insler gained access to the computer system by impersonating two of her professors and requesting new passwords to the professors’ accounts, claiming they had been forgotten. She also accessed a third professor’s account by correctly guessing the professor’s password.

Insler reportedly changed the grades in two of her classes from an “F” to an “A.” In the third class, she changed an incomplete grade to a passing one.

But University officials said they do not believe a crime of this nature is possible at the University.

“The University of Georgia has a more formal grade change system in place,” said Patrick McKeown, the department head of academic management information systems.

The University’s system for grade changes requires the signature of the professor issuing the grade change on a form that is then filed with the department head of the school and the dean of the school in which the student is enrolled.

“It is an education issue as much as anything else,” McKeown said. “Does a professor have the need to be able to change a grade without going through the formal procedure of a grade change?”

At the University, the answer is no.

Deborah Bell, education program specialist at the Office for the Vice President for Instruction, said in a situation such as the one at UD, the University would form an Academic Dishonesty Panel to handle any disciplinary action that would be taken.