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Academic Penalty Process
While it appears to be a daunting process, the actual procedure for determining that academic misconduct took place and assigning an appropriate academic penalty is quite simple. The following document explains the process and, importantly, why is it imperative that you follow the faculty-approved process.
Judicial Process
A faculty member may choose to file disciplinary charges instead of assessing an academic penalty.
Academic Sanction Guidelines
In order to provide guidance to faculty and promote
more uniform sanctions across academic divisions, the following guidelines were
developed. This is a "living" document that we expect will evolve and we
welcome your comments.
Information for Faculty
- Good Learning Versus Plagiarism Tutorial,
Penfield Library tutorial
- Citations,
Style, and Writing Guides, Penfield Library website
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Form letter (24KB Word document) to notify a student of an incident of
suspected misconduct. This can be used during a semester and at the end of a
semester when students have left campus after final exams.
- Two documents prepared by Barbara Shaffer, Penfield Library
- Letter to my Students by Bill Taylor of Oakton Community College. This .pdf document, available for your use in any form, is a wonderful description of both instructor and student responsibilities in the class.
Research and citation skills taught in English 102:
- How to integrate quoted language and paraphrased ideas
into one’s own text
- How to decide when to quote and when to paraphrase
- How to manipulate quoted language with brackets and ellipses
- How to distinguish between common and “proprietary” language and knowledge
- How to evaluate the authority of different sources in different rhetorical
contexts
- How to locate sources in Penfield Library and in database searches
- Basic working knowledge of MLA citation style and bibliographic forms
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