ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
All forms of academic misconduct are prohibited by the Code of Student
Conduct. Academic misconduct refers to dishonesty in assignments or examinations
(cheating); presenting the ideas or the writing of someone else as your
own (plagiarism); or knowingly furnishing false information to the university
by forgery, alteration, or misuse of university documents, records, or identification.
Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following examples:
permitting another student to plagiarize or cheat from your work; submitting
an academic exercise (written work, printing, sculpture, computer program)
that has been prepared totally or in part by another; acquiring improper
knowledge of the contents of an exam; using unauthorized material during
an exam; submitting the same paper in two different courses without the
knowledge and consent of your professors; or submitting a forged grade change
slip.
If you have committed any act of academic misconduct, as determined by the
judgment of a faculty member or by the procedures of the Office of University
Judiciaries, serious action-which may include failure of work undertaken,
failure in the course, and/or formal disciplinary action, including suspension
or expulsion by the Office of University Judiciaries-will be taken against
you.
In cases of academic misconduct, a faculty member has the authority to grant
a failing grade. If your course grade is lowered by an instructor who has
accused you of plagiarism, you may appeal this grade first through the instructor,
then the department chair or school director, and then the dean of your
college. If satisfaction is not achieved through this process, the dean
will appoint a faculty committee of five members, including the chair or
director of the department or school in question, to consider your case
and render a decision. The decision of this committee is not subject to
further appeal.
The faculty member also has the discretion to refer your case to the director
of judiciaries. The director of judiciaries, the University Hearing Board,
and the University Appeal Board have the authority to take formal action
that includes, but is not limited to, suspension or expulsion from the university.
However, the director of judiciaries, the University Hearing Board, and
the University Appeal Board have no authority to modify a grade given by
a faculty member.
If you wish to appeal an action of the University Judiciaries or the University
Hearing Board, such as suspension or expulsion, you then take the matter
to the University Appeal Board. Details of appeal procedures are included
in the current Student Handbook.
Further information on academic misconduct is available from the Office
of University Judiciaries, telephone 614-593-2626.
Return to 1995-1997 Graduate Catalog Table of Contents
University Publications and the Computer Services Center revised this file (http://www.ohiou.edu/~gcat/95-97/regprocd/miscdct.html) April 13, 1998.
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