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Each dean will maintain a database recording all violation of academic integrity reports. Reports of substantial violations will be kept as part of the student’s permanent record, unless a report is withdrawn following appeal.
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Consequences for Undergraduate Students1.
- First-time substantial violation:
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- If a student cheats on a quiz, test, blog, forum, other online assignments, or exam or plagiarizes material in an assignment
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- assignment
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- receives an F or 0 grade at faculty discretion. For an extreme first time offense, a professor may give the student an F for the course (e.g. essay taken from Internet, test answers from another source).
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- At the discretion of the professor, educational and restorative outcomes could include enrolling in an Academic Integrity workshop, provided by EMU’s Writing Program Director, revising and
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- re-submitting the assignment.
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- Second-time substantial violation: If the student repeats the above violation in the same or another course or commits another violation in the same or another course, a professor may give the student an F for the course, and the student may receive a
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- Letter of Probation.
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- (See Student Handbook, University Policies, http://www.emu.edu/studentlife/studenthandbook/)
- Third-time substantial violation: If the student commits the violation for the third time, the professor may give the student an F for the course, and the student may receive a
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- Letter of Indefinite Suspension/Disciplinary Withdrawal.
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- (See Student Handbook, University Policies.)
- Upon re-enrollment and a subsequent violation, the professor may give the student an F for the course, and the student may be subject to a
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- Letter of Dismissal at the discretion of the university.
(See Student Handbook, University Policies, http://www.emu.edu/studentlife/studenthandbook/) - When a professor gives a student an F for the course, the student will not be allowed to withdraw from the course. The student is prohibited from attending class after the professor assigns the F grade.
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- The course continues to apply towards the number of credits the student is pursuing that semester.
Consequences for Graduate Students
- Educative violation: At the faculty member’s discretion, this first-time violation may be used for the purpose of instruction when a student plagiarizes any type of assignment (quiz, test, blog, forum, other online assignments, or exam or plagiarizes material in an assignment). At the discretion of the professor, grade consequences may occur and educational and restorative outcomes could include enrolling in an Academic Integrity workshop, provided by EMU’s Writing Program Director, revising and re-submitting the assignment.
- First-time substantial violation: If a student cheats on a quiz, test, blog, forum, other online assignments, or exam or plagiarizes material in an assignment, a professor may give the student an F for the course (e.g. essay taken from Internet, test answers from another source) and the student may receive a Letter of Probation. (See Student Handbook, University Policies, http://www.emu.edu/studentlife/studenthandbook/) When a professor gives a student an F for the course, the student will not be allowed to withdraw from the course. The student is prohibited from attending class after the professor assigns the F grade. The course continues to apply towards the number of credits the student is pursuing that semester.
- Second-time substantial violation: If the student commits the violation for the second time, the student may receive a Letter of Indefinite Suspension/Disciplinary Withdrawal. (See Student Handbook, University Policies.)
Faculty and staff who violate academic integrity codes are subject to review by the Provost’s office.
The graduate, seminary, and undergraduate units use this policy for processing academic integrity violations with the exception of student appeal. (See above.) This policy appears in yearly course catalogs; the the Student Handbook; on graduate, seminary, and undergraduate websites; and at z://provost/formspolicies. The Academic Integrity Policy flow chart is also available at z://provost/formspolicies.Reviewed
Reviewed by Undergraduate Council, Graduate Council, and Faculty Senate
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Approved by Academic Cabinet, March 25, 2009 and revised October 6, 2010
Revised by Academic Cabinet, February 26, 2013
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Academic Cabinet, November 19, 2014
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Provost’s Council, December 16, 2015
Revised by Graduate Council, April 1, 2019 and Approved by Provost’s Council, April 10, 2019
Responsible party The
The provost is responsible for this policy.
Policy Review This
This policy is to be reviewed annually.
¹ Adapted from American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (2007) Academic Dishonesty: Developing and Implementing Institutional Policy