Academic misconduct includes all acts of dishonesty in any academically related matter and any knowing or intentional help or attempt to help, or conspiracy to help, another student commit an act of academic dishonesty. Academic dish onesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following acts when performed in any type of academic or academically related matter, exercise, or activity. Except in divisions which have an alternate academic misconduct policy which has been approved by the Academic Vice President, academic misconduct cases shall be resolved by the divisional academic misconduct monitor or the academic dean of the division in which the alleged action took place. However, the monitor or dean will consult the monitor or dean of the division where the student is enrolled and, with the concurrence of both deans, the responsibility for resolving an academic misconduct case can be transferred to the dean of the division in which the student is enrolled. Penalties for academic misconduct can range from a reprimand to a penalty as severe as suspension for a definite time or even indefinite suspension.
Academic deans have the authority to impose the full range of penalties.
Divisional academic misconduct monitors may impose penalties only after receiving a voluntary written confession. Misconduct monitors are authorized to impose penalties up to but not including suspension, and may impose penalties of suspension or indefinite suspension if authority to do so has been delegated by the academic dean. All persons who admit to or are found guilty of an academic offense for which a penalty less than an indefinite suspension is imposed will receive a penalty of indefinite suspension if they admit to or are found guilty of another offense of academic misconduct. All University of Alabama students are expected to abide by University policies governing academic misconduct. Each student shall promise to uphold these high ideals of academic integrity by signing the Academic Honor pledge upon registration for each semester and on tests and projects at the discretion of the professor.