Honor Code

Academic dishonesty is a corrosive force in the academic life of a university.  It jeopardizes the quality of education provided and depreciates the genuine achievements of others. It is the responsibility of all members of the campus community to actively deter it.  Apathy or ignoring the presence of academic dishonesty is not acceptable.  This type of response (or lack of) from students, faculty or staff members will reinforce, perpetuate, and enlarge the scope of such misconduct.  Further, ignorance of the University’s Honor Code is not a valid excuse for prohibited conduct.  We are all responsible for knowing, and living, the Honor Code.  All members of the University community, students, faculty, and staff share the responsibility and authority to challenge and make known acts of apparent academic dishonesty.

All violations of the academic honor code must be documented and reported to the university’s administration to investigate. Individual reports will also be evaluated in the context of potential patterns of dishonesty. The faculty, in conjunction with administration, will make a determination of the effect on student status and/or course grades resulting from substantiated reports of honor code violations.