PROCEDURE CONCERNING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Procedure 05-04-OIP Approval Date: February 13, 1995 Section U C Academic Dishonesty
All forms of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on tests, plagiarism, collusion, and falsification of information, will call for discipline.
1. Cheating on tests is defined to include the following:
- a. Copying from another student’s test paper.
b. Using materials during a test not authorized by the person giving the test.
c. Collaborating with any other person during a test without permission.
d. Knowingly obtaining, using, buying, selling, transporting or soliciting in whole or in part the contents of an unadministered test.
e. Bribing any other person to obtain information about tests.
f. Substituting for another student or permitting any other person to substitute for oneself.
g. Knowingly altering answer(s) or answer key in order to improve test grade.
2. Plagiarism is defined as “the appropriation of any other person’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one’s own offered for credit.”
3. Collusion is defined as ‘the unauthorized collaboration with any other person in preparing work offered for credit.”
The procedure for dealing with academic dishonesty would be as follows:
Instructors address academic dishonesty at the first of each semester in each course. Specifically instructors would warn that any form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be dealt with in the following manner:
--First Offense--
Student will be assigned a grade of "0" for the test or assignment. Instructor keeps a record in course/program files and notes as first offense. The instructor will notify the student's program advisor, academic dean, and the Registrar at the student's home campus. The Registrar will input the incident into Banner for tracking purposes.
--Second Offense--
Student is given a grade of "WF" for the course in which offense occurs. The instructor will notify the student's program advisor, academic dean, and the Registrar at the student's home campus indicating a "WF" has been issued as a result of second offense. The Registrar will input the incident into Banner for tracking purposes.
--Third Offense--
Student is given a grade of "WF" for the course in which the offense occurs. The instructor will notify the student's program advisor, academic dean, and the Registrar at the student's home campus indicating a "WF" has been issued as a result of second offense. The Vice President for Student Affairs, or designee, will notify the student of suspension from college for a specified period of time. The Registrar will input the incident into Banner for tracking purposes.