Academic Dishonesty
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Acts of academic dishonesty violate the very spirit of the University. They undermine the perpetrator’s own learning; they are unfair to other students who do their own work, they violate the trust between professor and student, and they diminish the value of the degree for all students. Therefore, academic dishonesty is taken very seriously at Roosevelt University, with consequences ranging from failing the assignment or the course to being expelled by the University.

View the document Academic Integrity - A Guide for Students (Plagiarism Policy)

Roosevelt University students are responsible for following the Code of Student Conduct published in the Student Handbook which includes the standard of academic integrity. There are many forms of academic dishonesty. In the broadest sense, it is any act that enhances a student’s grade unethically and unfairly. Acts of academic dishonesty, include but are not limited to, submitting someone else’s work as the students own, in whole or in part (plagiarism), failing to acknowledge assistance received, using unauthorized assistance in exams, (e.g., using or having notes or having unauthorized advance knowledge of the test) recycling of work without acknowledgment (e.g. submitting the same paper for different classes) and the fabricating of information or making up sources, and collaborating improperly.

Students may obtain more extensive guidelines concerning academic integrity from the Office of Provost as well as from instructors.

Depending on the severity of the violation, an instructor may fail a student on the individual assignment or test, may lower the student’s grade in the course, or may fail the student in the course.

Students may grieve the decision of the instructor by following the academic grievance procedures outlined in the Student Handbook.

The instructor may also file a complaint against the student under the Code of Student Conduct which may result in further discipline including expulsion from the University.