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Cheating and Plagiarism Defined
The term “cheating” includes, but is not limited to: Use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations.
v Dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments, or acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the VVC faculty or staff.
v Cheating, plagiarism (including plagiarism in a student publication), or engaging in other academic dishonesty.
The term “plagiarism” includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials. Because VVC is an institution of higher learning, plagiarism and cheating offenses are taken very seriously. A verbal warning may/or may not be issued prior to a disciplinary action. Disciplinary actions may include short term or long-term suspension and/or expulsion. The instructor maintains the right to give a verbal warning, give the plagiarized or cheated work a zero and/or an “F”, or report the student for further disciplinary action.
Classroom Discipline
Instructors outline classroom rules and behavioral expectations on their syllabus. Examples may include a prohibition on the use of cell phones, the wearing of appropriate lab attire, etc. Faculty may suspend students from class for up to two consecutive class meetings for gross misconduct and/or class disruption.
An instructor may assign a failing grade on a particular assignment or examination if the student was found to have plagiarized in preparing that assignment or cheated on a particular examination. An instructor cannot automatically fail a student for the entire course where the student is only known to have cheated or plagiarized with respect to one of several assignments that count toward the final grade. An instructor may not administratively drop a student for cheating or plagiarism. A student may only be involuntarily removed from a course due to excessive absences or as a result of a disciplinary action taken pursuant to law or the Student Conduct Code.
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