Academic Dishonesty

Instructional Policy on Academic Dishonesty

Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication and deliberate misrepresentation with intent to mislead are examples of academic dishonesty which are prohibited at CCA as detailed in the Student Code of Conduct. Cheating is the unauthorized use of another student’s work or assistance with intent to deceive an instructor or other individual responsible for evaluating a student’s work, examples of which include:

• Submission of any materials presented by a student as their own but not prepared by that student.
• The unauthorized possession and/or use of notes or books, the solicitation of assistance from another student or the secretive use of another student’s answers during an examination.
• Illegitimate possession or distribution of examination or test materials and/or answer keys to tests and examinations.
•Plagiarism refers to the use of another person’s work without giving proper credit to that person. If a student needs to use or reference another person’s work, the student must give proper credit through the use of appropriate citation format when copying verbatim another person’s work (i.e., words, phrases, sentences, or entire passages); paraphrasing another person’s work (i.e., borrowing but rewording that person’s facts, opinions, or ideas); or summarizing another’s work (i.e., use of one’s own words to condense longer passages into a sentence or two).

Consequence of Academic Dishonesty

 When dishonesty is evident, the following minimum sanctions will be applied:

• First Offense: The student may receive an F or zero as the grade for the assignment. The first incident may result in the loss of proctored testing privileges. The student’s name will be added by the dean to the college-wide academic dishonesty list to facilitate tracking of additional offenses and the implementation of further sanctions if applicable.

• Second Offense: If a second offense occurs at any point in the student’s academic career at CCA, the student may receive an F for the course and may be referred to the Chief Student Affairs Officer (CSAO) for an expulsion from the class or suspension from the college. A second offense may also result in permanent loss of proctored testing privileges. The second offense will be noted by the dean on the college-wide academic dishonesty list.

• Third Offense: If a third offense occurs at any point in the student’s academic career at CCA, the student will receive an F for the course and may be referred to the Chief Student Affairs Officer (CSAO) for expulsion from the college. The third offense will again be noted by the dean on the college-wide academic dishonesty list.