This policy is directly related to the first Testimony, which is part of the Student Code of Conduct: “I will practice personal and academic integrity.” The College believes that it is important for students to develop high ethical and scholarly standards and accept responsibility for maintaining these standards. Students who engage in academic misconduct receive sanctions from the faculty member of the course in which the misconduct occurs. In addition, students with multiple offenses or who commit a serious violation are required to appear before the Academic Standards and Appeals Committee and may be subject to additional sanctions as determined by the committee.
Examples of Academic Misconduct
- Examination offenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Taking unauthorized materials into or out of the examination room.
- Leaving the examination room without authorization before completing an examination.
- Talking in the examination room without authorization.
- Discussing the examination outside the examination room during the course of the examination.
- Attempting to observe the work of another student.
- Taking an examination for another person or permitting someone else to do so.
- Collaborating improperly by discussion, joint research, or joint effort in any way expressly prohibited by the instructor. This includes using a cell phone or other device to access information from another source or another student.
- Acquiring unauthorized knowledge of an examination or any part of an examination, or solicit, offer, or give information about any part of an examination.
- Student work offenses include, but are not limited to, the following, which are expressly prohibited in the absence of prior written approval of the instructor or instructors involved:
- Resubmission of work – Submitting work which has been previously submitted for credit.
- Plagiarism – Submitting work done wholly or partly by another, including the unattributed copying of all or parts of a published work or internet document.
- Prohibited sources – Consulting material or persons contrary to the directions of the instructor.
- Improper collaboration – Engaging in any discussion, joint research, or joint effort of any kind expressly prohibited by the instructor.
- Deception – Misrepresenting the authenticity of sources, citations, or principles in any written work.
- Sharing work – Students who share their work with others are responsible for how that work is used. For example, if a student shares a paper with another student to help him or her understand an assignment, and that student submits the work as their own, the author of the paper shares responsibility for the plagiarism.
- Other misconduct – Engaging in any other improper conduct as specified by the instructor
- Lying – Deliberately providing false information relevant to academic matters, such as misrepresenting the inability to take an examination because of illness.
- Disruptive or disrespectful classroom behavior – Causing a disturbance in the classroom, interrupting instruction, speaking rudely or threatening students or faculty. This includes use of a cell phone during class.