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behavior jeopardizes the safety of the student and/or others or violates a program policy. The College will take disciplinary action to prevent and stop behaviors, which inhibit the learning process by violating the following standards, which include, but are not limited to:
1. Academic dishonesty is defined as cheating of any kind, including misrepresenting one’s own work, taking credit for the work of others without crediting them and with out appropriate authorization, and fabrication of information. Common examples of a cademically dishonest behavior include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Cheating:
i. intentionally or knowingly using or attempting to use unauthorized
materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise;
ii. engaging in unauthorized collaboration in any academic exercise;
iii. submitting work for an in-class examination that has been prepared
in advance; representing material prepared by another as one’s own
work;
iv. submitting the same or substantially the same work in more than one
course without the prior permission of both instructors;
v. violating rules governing administration of examinations;
vi. violating any rules related to academic conduct of a course or pro
gram.
b. Fabrication:
i. intentionally or knowingly, or unauthorized falsification or invention of any data, information, or citation in an academic exercise;
ii. giving false or misleading information regarding an academic matter.
c. Plagiarism: intentionally or knowingly representing the words, ideas, or
sequence of ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise; or failure to attribute any of the following: quotations, paraphrases, or borrowed infor mation.
d. Falsification and forgery of College academic documents:
i. intentionally or knowingly making a false statement, concealing ma
terial information, or forging a College official’s signature on any
College academic document or record;
ii. making false statements to or concealing material information from
a college employee that results in the creation of a false
academic record or document. Such academic documents or records may include transcripts, registration drop/add forms, requests for advanced standing, etc. (Falsification or forgery of non-academic College documents, such as financial aid forms, shall be considered a
violation of the Code of Conduct – General).
e. Facilitating academic dishonesty. intentionally or knowingly helping or at
tempting to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.
f. Sanction violation: violating the terms of any disciplinary sanction imposed in
accordance with this Code of Conduct – Academics.
2. Inappropriate or prohibited use of the College’s computers or computer system; includ
ing but not limited to, illegal downloading and/or peer to peer file sharing of copy writ
ten material.
3. Violation of course rules as contained in the course syllabus or other information pro
vided to the student.
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