Academic Integrity Policy

Students enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson University are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic honesty. Students have the responsibility to each other to make known the existence of academic dishonesty to their course instructor, and then, if necessary, the department chair, or the academic dean of their college. Course instructors have the added responsibility to state in advance in their syllabi any special policies and procedures concerning examinations and other academic exercises specific to their courses. Students should request this information if not distributed by the instructor.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:

1. Cheating-Giving or receiving unauthorized assistance in any academic exercise or examination. Using or attempting to use any unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in an examination or academic exercise.
2. Plagiarism-Representing the ideas or language of others as one's own.
3. Falsification-Falsifying or inventing any information, data, or citation in an academic exercise.
4. Multiple Submission-Submitting substantial portions of any academic exercise more than once for credit without the prior authorization and approval of the current instructor.
5. Complicity-Facilitating any of the above actions or performing work that another student then presents as his or her assignment.
6. Interference-Interfering with the ability of a student to perform his or her assignments.

Sanctions: Any student found guilty of academic dishonesty will, for the first offense, receive one or a combination of the following penalties:

1. No credit (0) or Failure for the academic exercise
2. Reduced grade for the course
3. A Failure in the Course that is identified on the student's permanent record card as permanent and cannot be removed.
4. Recommendation for Academic Probation to the dean's office

In cases of interference and complicity, when the student is not registered in the affected course, the incident may be recorded on the student's permanent record card. In any case, the incident and penalty will be recorded in the student's file maintained in the campus office of Enrollment Services.

For a second offense of academic dishonesty, a student will be subject to any combination of the above sanctions, and, with concurrence of the academic dean, one of the following:

1. Suspension from the University for one year. Readmission will be contingent upon the approval of the academic dean.
2. Dismissal from the university.