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5. Students who have been granted Academic Renewal must also meet the Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress if they wish to receive financial aid.
Each of the Maricopa County Community Colleges has an honors program. Interested students should contact the college honors coordinator for information about the program and available scholarships, including the Chancellor’s, Foundation’s, and President’s Scholarships.
President’s Honor List
The President’s Honor List for each college consists of all students who complete twelve (12) or more credit hours in residence in courses numbered 100 or higher in a given semester with a college semester grade point average of 3.75 or higher.
2.3.9 General Graduation Requirements
Note:Also see Catalog UnderWhich a Student Graduates (AR 2.2.5)
All students are required to complete the degree and/or certificate requirements as approved by the MCCCD Governing Board. The college reserves the right to make necessary course and program changes in order to meet current educational standards.
2.3.10 Transcripts for Transfer
An official student transcript is a permanent academic record issued by the College Registrar. It displays all courses taken for credit within the Maricopa County Community College District and includes all grades received. Unlike an unofficial transcript, it is signed and dated by the College Registrar and displays the college seal of the Maricopa College issuing the official transcript. The transcript is issued upon written request only.Those students who want to transfer to other institutions of higher education, including other Maricopa County Community Colleges, must request their transcript be sent from the Admissions and Records Office/Office of Student Enrollment Services. However, transcripts may be shared within the Maricopa County Community College District without the written request of the student in compliance with FERPA. Official transcripts will not be issued to students having outstanding debts to any of the Maricopa County Community Colleges.The release of transcripts is governed by the guidance of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (see Records Policy in the Student Rights and Responsibilities section of this manual). There is no charge for unofficial transcripts, or for official transcripts sent between Maricopa County Community Colleges. See the Tuition and Fee Schedule for charges for other official transcripts.
2.3.11 Academic Misconduct
1. Definitions
A. Academic Misconduct - includes any conduct associated with the classroom, laboratory, or clinical
learning process that is inconsistent with the published course competencies/objectives and/or academic standards for the course, program, department, or institution. Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to: (a) cheating and plagiarism (including any assistance or collusion in such activities, or requests or offers to do so); (b) excessive absences; (c) use of abusive or profane language; and (d) disruptive behavior.
B. Cheating is any form of dishonesty in an academic exercise. It includes, but is not limited to, (a) use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, examinations, or any other form of assessment whether or not the items are graded; (b) dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the faculty member in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (c) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to or administered by the college or a member of the college faculty or staff; and (d) fabrication of data, facts, or information.
C. Plagiarism is a form of cheating in which a student falsely represents another person’s work as his or her own – it includes, but is not limited to: (a) the use of paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment; (b) unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials; and (c) information gathered from the internet and not properly identified.
2. Academic Consequences
Any student found by a faculty member to have committed academic misconduct may be subject to the following academic consequences, based on the faculty member’s judgment of the student’s academic performance
Warning - A notice in writing to the student that the student has violated the academic standards as defined in 1.A.
Grade Adjustment - Lowering of a grade on a test, assignment, or course.
Discretionary assignments - Additional academic assignments determined by the faculty member. Course Failure - Failure of a student from a course where academic misconduct occurs.
3. Disciplinary Sanctions
If the misconduct is sufficiently serious to warrant course failure, and if either (a) the failure results in a student being removed from an instructional program or (b) the student refuses to accept responsibility for the misconduct and its academic consequences, the faculty member will, in addition to awarding the course grade, consult the department chair and the vice president of academic affairs as to whether institutional sanctions set forth below should be sought under AR 2.5. Regardless whether the student has accepted
2.3.8 Honors Program
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