SYNOPSIS:

CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Integrity is expected of every student in all academic work. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.

Students engaging in academic dishonesty diminish their education and bring discredit to the academic community. Students shall not violate the Code of Academic Integrity and shall avoid situations likely to compromise academic integrity. Students shall observe the provisions of the Code whether or not faculty members establish special rules of academic integrity for particular classes. Failure of faculty to prevent cheating does not excuse students from compliance with the Code.

Faculty members shall foster an expectation of academic integrity and are responsible for notifying students of special rules of academic integrity established for a particular class (e.g. collaboration on homework, appropriate use of sources, use of the same paper in more than one class, etc.) and making every reasonable effort to avoid situations conducive to infractions of the Code.

Conduct prohibited by the Code consists of all forms of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to: cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism as set out and defined in the Code of Conduct, modifying any academic work for the purpose of obtaining additional credit after such work has been submitted to the supervising faculty member except that the supervising faculty member may approve such alterations; failure to observe rules of academic integrity established by a faculty member for a particular course; and attempting to commit an act prohibited by this Code. Any attempt to commit an act prohibited by these rules shall be subject to sanctions to the same extent as completed acts.

Students found guilty of violating the Code are subject to any one or a combination of the following sanctions: written warning, disciplinary probation, loss of credit for the work involved, reduction in grade, failing grade assigned in the course, suspension, expulsion or other sanctions imposed by a University Hearing Board.

Sanctions that may be imposed by a faculty member are a written warning, disciplinary probation, loss of credit for the work involved, reduction in grade, and a failing grade in the course. A faculty member may recommend suspension or expulsion to a University Hearing Board.

Students charged with a violation of the Code have the right to a fair consideration of the charges including the right to see the evidence, and to confidentiality in the course of that consideration to the extent allowed by law and fairness to other affected persons. Procedures under the Code shall be conducted privately except that a student charged with a violation of the Code shall have the right to be accompanied by an advisor in any proceeding under the Code and may cause a hearing by a University Hearing Board to be open to the public. Except in the course of authorized consideration of a charge, faculty shall not reveal the identify of students charged or otherwise involved in a violation.