Freedom to teach and to learn are dependent upon individual and collective conduct to permit the pursuit and exchange of knowledge and opinion. Faculty have the responsibility to create an atmosphere in which students may display their knowledge. This atmosphere includes an orderly testing room and sufficient safeguards to inhibit dishonesty. Students have the responsibility to rely on their knowledge and resources in the evaluation process. The trust developed in the maintenance of academic standards is necessary to the fair evaluation of all students.
Academic dishonesty is against university as well as the system community standards.
Disciplinary procedures for incidents of academic dishonesty may involve both academic action and administrative action for behavior against the campus regulations for student conduct. The procedures involve the determination by the faculty member pursuing concerns over alleged cheating or plagiarism as to whether administrative action is warranted, in addition to making a determination as to any academic consequence. If the student wishes to appeal the academic action of the faculty member a special hearing board will be constituted to investigate the incident and determine whether the student is responsible for dishonesty and, if so, the appropriate academic action as a consequence for this act. The student will be entitled to receive notice of the academic charges and the opportunity to reply to or to rebut the charges before an unbiased board. Notification must be hand delivered or sent by certified mail.