From the ELI Student Handbook
(Approved by Faculty May 14, 2008)
ELI Policy and Procedures on Academic Dishonestly
ELI Code of Conduct Violations Defined:
Academic honesty is a cultural expectation considered to be of the highest importance in America—especially at American universities and colleges.
Academic Dishonesty
- Cheating–stealing an exam—either physically or electronically; giving another student an answer during a test; handing in work or papers written by someone else; posing as someone else to take a test for her/him; copying an answer from another student’s paper or test; peeking at notes when notes are not to be used during an exam
- Plagiarism—stealing another person’s idea or illustration and using it as one’s own without giving credit to the original author or source; copying sentences of paragraphs directly from an article or book to use in an essay without giving credit to the original author (ELI Faculty Handbook, Section I., Code of Conduct, p. 4-5.)
“All students must be honest and forthright in their academic studies. To falsify the results of one’s research, to steal the words or ideas of another, to cheat on an assignment, or to allow or assist another to commit these acts corrupts the educational process. Students are expected to do their own work and neither give nor receive unauthorized assistance. Any violation must be reported to the Office of Judicial Affairs.” www.udel.edu/studentconduct/ai.html
If a teacher believes you have cheated or plagiarized, he/she will give you a warning on the first violation and may require you to do the work again at the teacher’s discretion.
After a second violation, your teacher may have you do the work again and/or fail you on that assignment. Your teacher will also complete a Formal Notice of Academic Dishonesty form and give a duplicate copy to the Chair of the Student Attendance and Conduct Committee.
After the third violation, whether in the same class or a future class, the teacher will take the following actions:
- The teacher will give you a zero for the test or assignment in question.
- You will receive notice requiring you to attend a hearing to determine if you should be dismissed from the program and, if a CAP/AT student, whether UD should with draw its offer of conditional admissions.
However, if you have committed an egregious act of plagiarism or cheat, you will not be given three chances. What is an egregious act? Egregious acts of cheating or plagiarism include: (1) submitting the work of another as one’s own; (2) downloading a paper (in whole or in part) from the internet and submitting as one’s own; (3) stealing or copying an exam either physically or electronically; and (4) plagiarizing a paragraph or more from another source.
- Egregious violations of ELI’s policy will be immediately reported to the Student Attendance and Conduct Committee, which will make a record of the even and issue a letter of warning. If a second egregious act occurs, you would be asked by the Student Attendance and Conduct Committee to meet for a hearing to determine if if you should be dismissed from the program and, if a CAP/AT student, whether UD should withdraw its offer of conditional admissions.