Academic Honesty

We promote and rely on mutual respect, civility, concern for others and academic integrity in the pursuit of academic excellence. Academic dishonesty undermines all of these.  All forms of academic dishonesty, unfair advantage, and plagiarism will have consequences in all instances.  All members of the campus community are obligated to report any suspected instance of academic dishonesty on the part of graduate Education students to the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in the School of Education.  The Associate Dean for Graduate Programs will meet with the relevant parties and will take action deemed necessary.  In all cases where faculty suspect academic dishonesty, they are obligated to bring the matter to the attention of the relevant Department Chair.  If discussion between the instructor and the student and if needed, subsequent discussion with the department chair do not result in a satisfactory conclusion, the matter will be brought to the Associate Dean who will act.  All students will be held accountable to and must become familiar with College and School of Education definitions, procedures, and sanctions, whether or not the course syllabus explicitly specifies a policy on academic integrity.    

For any act of academic dishonesty, the School of Education may impose one or more of the following sanctions or an additional sanction: rewriting the assignment and/or failing the assignment, failing the course, taking a mandated workshop or other remedial course, academic warning or probation, denial of placement for or removal from student teaching, withholding a recommendation for certification, and/or suspension or expulsion from the graduate program. 

For further specification of the process, please see the section "Grievance and Appeals Procedure for Graduate Students" below.