ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
Mission
and Vision
Activities
The college has a strict policy on academic
dishonesty. Simply put, academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.
An act of cheating will result in a grade of “0” being assigned to the
work. Any repeated incident will result in a course grade of “F”. (At the
discretion of the instructor, the incident may be reported to the Office of
the Vice President for Student Services for disciplinary action.) Academic
dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:
*cheating on quizzes and examinations;
*putting someone’s name on an assignment when the
person was not involved in the assignment;
*plagiarizing or copying directly out of a text, class
handout, off the internet, or other references—unless quotation marks
are used and the work is correctly cited in the text of the paper or in
footnotes or endnotes;
*plagiarizing or extensive borrowing of words and
phrases from a source—unless quotation marks are used and the work is
correctly cited in the text of the paper or in footnotes or endnotes; and
*plagiarizing or using others’ ideas or information
(including graphics, statistics, observations, and research data and
findings)—unless the work is correctly cited in the text of the paper
or in footnotes or endnotes.
CLASSROOM CONDUCT
Communication is a two-way
concept. Thus disruptive conduct will not be tolerated as it cheats
the other students of the ability to learn. Classroom disruption is defined
as “behavior a reasonable person would view as substantially or repeatedly
interfering with the class proceedings”. Examples include:
*coming late to class;
*creating loud or disruptive noise;
*repeatedly leaving or reentering the class without
authorization;
*persisting in speaking out without authorization; and
*allowing cell phones to ring during class (place them
in the vibration mode or turn them off while in
class).
To an instructor, the
following also constitute distractions:
*sleeping in class;
*participating in side conversations
*reading outside material during class; and
*making sexist or racially derogatory comments.