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Academic Integrity Policy
Students enrolled
at Fairleigh Dickinson University are expected to maintain the highest
standards of academic honesty. Students have the responsibility to each other
to make known the existence of academic dishonesty to their course instructor,
and then, if necessary, the department chairperson or the academic dean of
their College. Course instructors have the added responsibility to state in
advance in their syllabi any special policies and procedures concerning
examinations and other academic exercises specific to their courses. Students
should request this information if not distributed by the instructor.
Academic
dishonesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
- Cheating -- Giving or receiving unauthorized
assistance in any academic exercise or examination. Using or attempting to use
any unauthorized materials, information or study aids in an examination or
academic exercise.
- Plagiarism -- Representing the ideas or language of
others as one's own.
- Falsification -- Falsifying or inventing any
information, data or citation in an academic exercise.
- Multiple
Submission -- Submitting
substantial portions of any academic exercise more than once for credit without
the prior authorization and approval of the current instructor.
- Complicity -- Facilitating any of the above actions
or performing work that another student then presents as his or her assignment.
- Interference -- Interfering with the ability of a
student to perform his or her assignments.
Sanctions:
Any student found
guilty of academic dishonesty will, for the first offense, receive one or a combination
of the following penalties:
- No Credit (0) or Failure for the academic
exercise.
- Reduced grade for the course.
- A Failure in the course that is identified on the
student's permanent record card as permanent and cannot be removed.
- Recommendation for academic probation to the
Dean's Office.
In cases of
interference and complicity, when the student is not registered in the affected
course, the incident may be recorded on the student's permanent record card. In
any case, the incident and penalty will be recorded in the student's file
maintained in the campus Office of Enrollment Services.
For a second
offense of academic dishonesty, a student will be subject to any combination of
the above sanctions and, with concurrence of the academic dean, one of the
following:
- Suspension
from the University for one year. Readmission will be
contingent upon the approval of the academic dean.
- Dismissal
from the University.
Procedure:
When a faculty
member believes that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, the
faculty member will discuss the incident with the student as soon as possible.
If after the conference, the faculty member has determined that an act of
academic dishonesty occurred, the faculty member will impose appropriate sanctions
as listed above. The faculty member must notify the student in writing of the
imposed sanctions and of the Appeal Procedure for Academic Integrity
violations. All letters notifying the student of the sanction and appeals'
outcome should be sent CERTIFIED MAIL with return receipt. The faculty
member will submit copies of notice to his or her department chairperson, the
chairperson of the department of the student's major, the academic dean and the
campus Office of Enrollment Services. The student may submit a written appeal
to the department chairperson within 14 days of the receipt of the notification
of the imposed sanctions. Failure to make an appeal with this 14-day time
period shall constitute a waiver of the appeal right. Upon completion of the
appeal process, the academic dean will notify the campus director of enrollment
services of the final disposition of the matter and the sanctions imposed, if
any.
Appeals
Process:
Students who are
charged with academic dishonesty by an instructor may appeal in writing
to the chairperson of the department in which the alleged incident took place
and the chairperson will act as mediator. The sanction imposed by the faculty
member may be dismissed, modified or upheld through the mediation process. The
department chairperson, within 10 working days, will notify the student in
writing of the outcome of the mediation process, with copies to the instructor,
academic dean and campus director of enrollment services. If it is determined
that academic dishonesty did not take place, the student's grade cannot be
based on the assumption of such dishonesty. Within 10 working days of the
department chairperson's notification, the student may submit a written
appeal to the academic dean of the College in which the alleged dishonesty took
place. The academic dean shall establish a five-person hearing committee
consisting of a faculty member at large from the College, the academic dean,
the campus dean of students, a faculty member from the department of the
student's major and a student from the College in which the alleged dishonesty
took place, selected by the campus dean of students. The hearing will be
chaired and convened by the academic dean of the College. The committee can
uphold, modify or dismiss the outcome of the departmental mediation process.
The academic dean will notify the student of the committee's decision within
five working days of the hearing. For a second offense of academic dishonesty,
the academic dean can suspend or dismiss the student.
For a sanction of
suspension or dismissal imposed by the academic dean, the student may file a
written appeal to the campus provost within 10 working days of receiving the
notification of the dean's decision. The campus provost, or his or her
designee, shall review the case within 10 working days of the receipt of the
appeal. The campus provost shall make the final decision, using any appropriate
resources to assist in deciding the appeal. The campus provost shall then
notify all parties in writing of his or her final decision within five working
days after the review process.
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