Free and pertinent discussion is welcome at the University. Students should feel free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion. They are responsible, however, for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. Academic Evaluation . Students may expect their performance to be evaluated solely on an academic basis and not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards.
Students are responsible for each course in which they are enrolled.
A student alleging unfair evaluation should appeal first to the teacher, next to the department head, to the college dean, and, if necessary, to the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs and the Dean of Students. Faculty are expected to make honest, professional judgments on the academic performance of students and to make clear to them the basis for academic evaluation used in their classes. Academic Integrity . The University expects that all academic work will provide an honest reflection of the knowledge and abilities of both students and faculty. Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of data, providing unauthorized help, and other acts of academic dishonesty are abhorrent to the purposes for which the University exists.