Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity - Policies and Procedures

Inherent in the mission of Presentation College is the strong belief in the principle of academic integrity. Students' actions reflect their moral character and, by extension, the College's reputation. Therefore, all students are expected to recognize and abide by the following:

Students and faculty have a major responsibility to promote academic integrity. The College will not tolerate violations of academic integrity by cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, and other academic misconduct.

The principles of academic integrity require that students:

• Properly acknowledge and cite all use of the ideas, results, or words of others. 
• Properly acknowledge all contributors to a given piece of work. 
• Make sure that all work submitted as their own in a course or other academic activity is produced without the aid of impermissible materials or impermissible collaboration.
• Obtain all data or results by ethical means and report those data and results accurately without suppressing any results inconsistent with their own interpretation or conclusions. 
• Treat all other students in an ethical manner, respecting their integrity and right to pursue their educational goals without interference. This requires that students neither facilitate academic dishonesty by others nor obstruct their academic progress. 
• Uphold the canons of the ethical or professional code of the professions for which the students are preparing.

Adherence to these principles is necessary in order to ensure that:

• All people receive proper credit for their ideas, words, results, and other scholarly accomplishments.
• All student work is fairly evaluated and no student has an inappropriate advantage over others. 
• The academic and ethical development of all students is fostered. 
• The reputation of the College for integrity in its teaching, research, and scholarship is maintained and enhanced. 

The faculty shares the responsibility for educating students about the importance and principles of academic integrity. Faculty members are expected to inform students of the particular requirements regarding academic integrity within their specific courses, to make reasonable efforts to minimize academic dishonesty, and to respond appropriately to violations of academic integrity. Faculty members are strongly encouraged to provide a statement concerning academic integrity and a link to the Academic Integrity Policy on their course syllabi. Students are responsible for understanding the principles of academic integrity and abiding by them in all aspects of their work at Presentation College. An online tutorial on academic integrity is required in some courses at Presentation College. Once students pass the online examination they will receive a score in Moodle indicating they have been educated on the academic integrity policy at Presentation College. Students not in a course that requires this can ask to take it to assess their knowledge. Students are also encouraged to help educate fellow students about academic integrity and to bring all alleged violations of academic integrity they encounter to the attention of the appropriate authorities.