In an academic institution, few offenses against the community are as serious as academic dishonesty. Such behavior is a direct attack upon the concept of learning and inquiry and casts doubt upon all measures of achievement. Beloit insists that only those who are committed to principles of honest scholarship may study at the College. For example, intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information or study aids in any academic exercise is considered cheating. Fabrication is the intentional use of invented information or the falsification of research, or other finds with the intent to deceive.
Plagiarism is the representation of someone else's words, ideas or data as ones own work.
When a student submits work for credit that includes the words, ideas or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific footnote references, and, if verbatim statements are included, through quotation marks as well. Collusion in any act of academic dishonesty will be treated as a commission of the act. Action taken by instructors When a violation of the academic dishonesty policy appears to have occurred within the academic process, the individual instructor in whose class the violation took place shall discuss the apparent violation with the student as soon as possible and shall give the student an opportunity to explain. If the matter is not resolved after the instructor's discussion with the student, the instructor may refer the matter to the Dean of Students for further investigation and review. A student who has been sanctioned by an instructor may appeal within one week of receiving the instructor's decision to the Academic Performance Committee as outlined in section below, the Appeals Process.