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Academic Honesty

Policy

Academic honesty is expected of all students. You are responsible for knowing how to maintain academic honesty and for abstaining from cheating, the appearance of cheating, and permitting or assisting in another’s cheating.

Your instructor is responsible for fostering the intellectual honesty as well as the intellectual development of students, and for applying methods of teaching, examination, and assignments that discourage student dishonesty. If necessary, your instructor will explain clearly any specialized meanings of cheating and plagiarism as they apply to a specific course.

Your instructor will thoroughly investigate signs of academic dishonesty, take appropriate actions, and report such activity properly to prevent repeated offenses and to ensure equity.

Procedures

An instructor who has evidence of cheating will initiate a process to determine guilt or innocence and the penalty, if any, to be imposed.

During an informal conference held within 10 class days of discovering the alleged cheating, your instructor will inform you of charges and evidence and allow you to present a defense. Your instructor will make an initial determination after this conference. You may be assigned a grade of Incomplete (I) if the matter cannot be fully resolved before course grades are due in the registrar’s office.

Reporting

During the period in which you are permitted to drop courses, the instructor will inform the registrar promptly of any allegation of cheating, so that you cannot withdraw from the course. The instructor who makes an initial finding that academic dishonesty has been practiced will impose an academic sanction. Then, within 10 class days, the instructor will supply a written report to you, the chair of your department, the dean or director of your school or division, and the dean of students. The report will summarize the evidence and penalties assessed.

Appeal

If your course grade is affected by the penalty, you have the right to appeal the penalty imposed by an instructor in accordance with the grade-appeals policy (see 18. Grade Appeals).

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