Clearly
academic integrity and honesty is the mainstay of any institution of higher
learning. In order to protect it we as a community must be clear as to what is
allowable. All students at C. W. Post are expected to conduct themselves within
the bounds of accepted social behavior. Misbehavior that interferes with the
educational efficiency of a class is not tolerated and will be considered
sufficient cause for suspension of a student from class, temporarily or
permanently. Listed below are guidelines for academic integrity as set forth by
the Faculty Council of the C. W. Post campus. Please refer to the Student Handbook for further details.
Academic dishonesty is unacceptable and condemned in the
strongest possible terms. It undermines
the bonds of trust and honesty between members of the community and defrauds
those who may eventually depend upon our knowledge and integrity.
Violations of academic integrity and honesty are defined as
follows:
Cheating: Using or attempting to use unauthorized
materials, information, or study aids in any academic activity. Attempting to look at others’ exam papers
is also an example of cheating.
Fabrication: The act of falsification or invention of any
information or citations in an academic activity.
Facilitation: Facilitating academic dishonesty by helping
or attempting to help another to cheat, fabricate or plagiarize.
Plagiarism: Representing the words, images or ideas of
another as one’s own work in any academic activity without acknowledging the
source or creator of the work. All
property whether paper, electronic, archival or presented in oral manner to the
academic community at large is deemed intellectual property of the original
author, presenter or originator. Any
use or authoring of these materials without proper annotation and attribution
is deemed to constitute plagiarism. Any
member of the academic community who represents said material as his/her own
(whether knowingly or through ignorance) has violated the Code of academic
integrity. Using direct quotes without
proper quotation marks is also deemed to be plagiarism, even if a source is
noted.
Disciplinary Process:
If a student member of the academic community of the C.W.
Post Campus of Long Island University is accused of a violation of academic
integrity and honesty, the following disciplinary process will be
instituted. Such violation(s) may be
punishable by a range of penalties, including failure in the course and/or
expulsion from the University.
Procedures:
The Faculty
member must report the violation to his/her Chairperson/Director. This individual is then to review the report
and forward it to his/her Dean. The
Dean reviews the Chair’s/Director’s report and if necessary forwards his/her
findings to the Academic Standing Committee.
It is at the discretion of the Dean to determine whether the accusation
warrants permanent mention in the student’s file. Further, the Dean, in consultation with the Chair/Director and
Faculty member, will suggest an appropriate penalty. This penalty can range from a failing grade on the work in
question to a permanent failing grade in the course, to suspension for a
semester and/or expulsion from the University.
The Academic Standing
Committee reviews the violation for merit and based on recommendations from
below renders it’s ruling.
A member
accused of such violations has the right to appeal the ruling at this point in
the process to the Faculty Student Appeals Board. The Faculty Student Appeals Board may:
1.
Uphold the decision of the Academic Standing Committee
2.
Send the report back to the Academic Standing Committee for
additional review/comment
3.
Render a less serious/more serious recommendation with
regard to the behavior of the student.
Once a final
decision has been agreed upon, there is no more review and the decision is to
stand. When disciplinary action is
taken, i.e., failure or suspension, it is to be noted in the final transcript
of the student.