Instructors should give clear guidelines concerning the kind of sources that may be used in examinations and papers and the proper way to cite sources. Instructors may penalize students for failing to cite sources or for improperly citing sources. Plagiarism or other blatant violations of academic integrity policies may be referred to the college deans who are authorized to handle student judicial cases. They deserve the same respect and good will as other members of the academic community and are protected from harassment and abusive behavior by university policies that provide for judicial procedures and strong penalties whenever members of the university community are abused or harassed. Instructors have an obligation to provide clear standards of evaluation and to review their evaluations of examinations and papers with students who seek them.
Students have the right to appeal a course grade.
The student may request a copy of the appeal of grade policy from the Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education, who will review the procedure with the student. If the conference between the instructor and student does not resolve the conflict, then the student may pursue the next step in the appeal process with the assistance of the Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education. Codes of conduct and declarations of mutual responsibilities can never serve as adequate substitutes for mutual respect and good will. Learning, like teaching, is an active rather than a passive process. To the degree that the policies and standards outlined above enhance the active process of learning, they are consistent with the highest purposes of university education and should be honored as such.