The Committee functions through the Dean of Student Affairs. A Handbook for University Life . Faculty should be careful to insure that class records and examinations are not accessible to those not entitled to such information and should make every effort to inspire in the student the proper attitude and respect for honesty in academic work. The Dean of Student Affairs is available for assistance in dealing with cases of dishonesty. To represent ideas or interpretations taken from another source as one's own is plagiarism.
Plagiarism is a serious offense.
The academic work of a student must be his or her own. To lift content directly from a source without giving credit is a flagrant act. To present a borrowed passage after having changed a few words, even if the source is referenced, is also plagiarism. No student shall receive or give assistance not authorized by the instructor in taking an examination or in the preparation of an essay, laboratory report, problem assignment, or other project which is submitted for purposes of grade determination. Disposition of Offenses - Students who commit any act of academic dishonesty may receive from the instructor a failing grade in that portion of the course work in which the act is detected or a failing grade in the course without possibility of withdrawal.