If students are not attaining the level of performance they expect of themselves, the student may ask the professor for referrals to tutors, where appropriate, or to additional resources that might clarify those elements of the course which the student finds difficult to master. Academic Integrity Honesty is the essence of the intellectual life of the university. Students who copy the work of another or an examination, an assignment, a paper, are guilty of cheating. The misrepresentation of another's work as one's own, the copying of material from books, magazines, or other resources without acknowledgement and identification of those sources is plagiarism. If a student is guilty of either cheating or plagiarism, or of assisting other students in cheating or plagiarism on an assignment, paper, quiz, or examination, the student may receive a grade of F for the course and may be suspended or dismissed from the university.
Faculty have original jurisdiction in matters involving academic integrity in any course they teach.
Faculty Role Faculty should be certain to clarify the expectations of academic integrity that govern participation in their courses. If appropriate, faculty might consider incorporating instruction in appropriate documentation in their discipline and the acceptable uses of literal sources. If the faculty member believes a student has cheated or plagiarized work in the course, the faculty member must follow the procedures outlined to address such an issue. Failure to do so may mean that the student is not subject to the sanctions appropriate for the offense. If students see other students cheating or committing acts of plagiarism, they may wish to report their observations to the faculty member who teaches the course.