Academic dishonesty is a vital concern for all universities and an illustration of academic deficiency that Western Washington University will not tolerate.
Academic dishonesty invalidates the honest effort that nearly all students vest in their studies.
Class work should be a true representation of a student s effort and abilities. Students that cheat, don t learn. Yet, the implications of cheating is far more consequential to all students and not just for those that engage in academic dishonesty. Cheating can skew the instructor s evaluation of the entire class and by tampering with the grading process, it may result in lowering some student s grades that have fairly completed the course work if a class graded using a curve. Giving unauthorized information to another student or receiving unauthorized information from another student during any type of examination or test.