ACADEMIC DISHONESTY DEFINITIONS
Activities that have the effect or intention of interfering with education,
pursuit of knowledge, or fair evaluation of a student’s
performance are prohibited. Examples of such activities
include, but are not limited to, the following definitions:
A. CHEATING: Using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, material, or study aids
in examinations or other academic work or preventing,
or attempting to prevent, another from using authorized assistance, material, or study aids. Example:
using a cheat sheet in a quiz or exam, altering a graded
exam and resubmitting it for a better grade, etc.
B. PLAGIARISM: Using the ideas, data, or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgment.
Example: copying another person’s paper, article, or computer
work and submitting it for an assignment, cloning someone
else’s ideas without attribution, failing to use quotation
marks where appropriate, etc.
C. FABRICATION: Submitting contrived or altered information in any academic exercise. Example: making up data for an experiment, fudging
data, citing nonexistent articles, contriving sources,
etc.
D. MULTIPLE SUBMISSION: Submitting, without prior permission, any work submitted to fulfill another
academic requirement at Monroe or any other institutions.
E. MISREPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC RECORDS: Misrepresenting or tampering with or attempting to tamper with any portion
of a student’s transcripts or academic record, either before or after coming to Monroe College. Example: forging
a change of grade slip, tampering with computer records, falsifying academic information on one’s resume, etc.
F. FACILITATING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Knowingly helping or attempting to help another violate any provision of the
Code. Example: working together on a take-home exam without
prior permission from the instructor, etc.
G. UNFAIR ADVANTAGE: Attempting to gain unauthorized advantage over fellow students in an academic exercise. Example: gaining
or providing unauthorized access to examination materials,
obstructing or interfering with another student’s efforts in an academic exercise, lying about a need for an extension for an exam or paper, continuing to
write even when time is up during an exam, destroying
or keeping library materials for one’s own use, etc.
Students who violate the Code of Academic and Scholarly Integrity may be subject
to a grade of “F” for the work submitted, an “F” in the
course, written reprimands in the student’s academic file, and suspension and/or dismissal from the
college.
Students are expected to be fully aware of the college’s requirements and expectations
regarding academic honesty and scholarly integrity. If a student is unsure whether his action(s) constitute
a violation of the Code of Academic and Scholarly Integrity,
then it is that student’s responsibility to consult with
the instructor to clarify any ambiguities.
