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Effective: January 19,
2000
PURPOSE
To provide a process where
the University can expel or suspend a student for Academic Misconduct
and the student can appeal the decision.
AUTHORITY/SOURCE
Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs
POLICY
Students at Florida
International University are expected to adhere to the highest standards
of integrity in every aspect of their lives. Honesty in academic matters
is part of this obligation.
Academic
integrity is the adherence to those special values regarding life and
work in an academic community. Any act or omission by a student which
violates this concept of academic integrity shall be defined as academic
misconduct and shall be subject to the procedures and penalties set
forth herein.
Definition of Academic
Misconduct: The term "academic misconduct" is
academic dishonesty and shall include the following acts and/or omissions:
a. Cheating,
which is the unauthorized use of books, notes, aids or assistance
from another person with respect to examinations, course assignments,
field service reports, class recitations, or possession of examination
papers or course materials, whether originally authorized or not.
Any student helping another cheat may be found guilty of academic
misconduct.
b. Plagiarism,
consisting of the deliberate use and appropriation of another’s
work without any indication of the source and the passing off of
such work as the student’s own. Any student who fails to give
credit for ideas or materials taken from another is guilty of plagiarism.
c. Misrepresentation
by lying to a member of the faculty, staff or administration to
increase one's grade.
d. Misuse of
computer services by the unauthorized use of any computer or computer
project number or alteration or destruction of computerized information
or files or unauthorized appropriation of another's program(s).
e. Bribery
by offering money or any item or service to a member of the faculty,
staff or administration to gain academic advantage for one's self
or another.
Conspiracy
by planning or acting with one or more fellow students, any member
of the faculty, staff or administration or any other person to commit
any form of academic misconduct together.
g. Falsification
of records, tampering with or altering in any way any academic record
used or maintained by the University.
h. Academic
dishonesty in general by any act or omission not specifically mentioned
above and which is outside the customary scope of preparing and
completing academic assignments and/or contrary to the above stated
policies concerning academic integrity. Any violation of this section
shall require first a determination as to whether the act or omission
constitutes academic misconduct.
PROCEDURE
All matters relating to
academic misconduct are referred to the Office of the Provost for Academic
Affairs. Acts of academic misconduct may be alleged by faculty, staff
or students. Two actions that may be taken are:
Expulsion:
Permanent separation of the student from the University, preventing
readmission to the institution. This sanction shall be recorded on the
student's transcript.
Suspension: Temporary
separation of the student from the University for a specific period
of time.
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