These have been included within this student judicial code to allow all students to familiarize themselves with these standards of behavior as well as the rights to which every student is a party. Academic Standards Specific to the academic pursuits of students, the University of Nevada, Reno, believes the maintenance of academic standards is a joint responsibility of the students and faculty of the university. Freedom to teach and to learn are dependent upon individual and collective conduct to permit the pursuit and exchange of knowledge and opinion. Faculty have the responsibility to create an atmosphere in which students may display their knowledge. This atmosphere includes an orderly testing room and sufficient safeguards to inhibit dishonesty.
Students have the responsibility to rely on their knowledge and resources in the evaluation process.
The trust developed in the maintenance of academic standards is necessary to the fair evaluation of all students. Academic dishonesty is against university as well as the system community standards. Disciplinary procedures for incidents of academic dishonesty may involve both academic action and administrative action for behavior against the campus regulations for student conduct. The procedures involve the determination by the faculty member pursuing concerns over alleged cheating or plagiarism as to whether administrative action is warranted, in addition to making a determination as to any academic consequence. If the student wishes to appeal the academic action of the faculty member a special hearing board will be constituted to investigate the incident and determine whether the student is responsible for dishonesty and, if so, the appropriate academic action as a consequence for this act.