The chair shall hold an informal meeting with the student and the instructor, and make a decision within one week after that meeting. If either party is dissatisfied with the decision made by the department chair, it should be the responsibility of the department chair to inform both parties of the next possible recourse, namely to appeal the decision to the dean of the school in which the department is located. Intent to appeal is to be filed, in writing, in the office of the school dean within ten days after receipt of the department chair's decision. If the grievance is initially with a department chair, then the student is to attempt an informal settlement with the chair. If no mutually satisfactory decision can be reached, then the grievance is to be filed with the school dean as outlined above.
Academic dishonesty can occur in many ways.
All papers, examinations, and other assignments must be original or explicit acknowledgement must be given for the use of other person's ideas or language. Examples of plagiarism as it might occur in term papers, research papers, laboratory reports, and other written assignments are listed below. All work which is quoted directly from a source should be enclosed in quotation marks and followed by a proper reference giving the exact page or pages from which the quote is taken. Failure to use the quotation marks, even if a footnote source is provided, is plagiarism. Failure to provide an exact reference is plagiarism.