Academic integrity enhances the value of every student's work, bolsters the status of the College, and thus increases the prestige of every degree earned at this institution. It is also a commitment on the part of faculty to support and assist students to improve and grow in their academic ability. While the borrowing of ideas, words, or images may have become more common in the world outside of the academy, within it cheating or the stealing of the ideas of others remains a most serious matter.
Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty.
Please read the following definition carefully, for you will be held accountable to these standards. When a student submits work for credit that includes the product, words, ideas, or data of others, the source must be acknowledged by the use of complete, accurate, and specific references, such as footnotes. By placing one's name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgments. A student will be charged with plagiarism if there is not an acknowledgment of indebtedness. Brief passages of paraphrased words are acceptable only with complete and specific acknowledgment of the source of the words and ideas.