• Provided the student is doing satisfactorily in the course, any class absence incurred while a student is performing university-patriotic service (participating in an activity whereby the student represents the university off campus) is to be excluded from the total number of allowed excused absences.
  • Absence(s) from class(es) because of university-patriotic duty or university-sponsored academic class activities must be reported to the Vice President for Student Affairs two (2) weeks prior to the date of the absence. The Vice President for Student Affairs will inform faculty members BEFORE the student’s absence from class(es) in these cases.
  • In order for a class absence to be excused, the student must submit documentation of the absence(s) to the Vice President for Student Affairs within one week of the absence(s).
  • The number of excused absences may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class(es) during a semester, or two class meetings during one full week of classes during the summer session. Absences in excess of the allowed number of excused absences will be considered unexcused.
  • The number of unexcused absences per semester or summer session may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class.
  • For each unexcused absence over the maximum number allowed, the instructor may lower the course grade one full grade level.
  • For any excused absence, all make-up assignments must be completed within a time period determined by the instructor.
  • If an individual instructor or academic unit adopts more stringent attendance policies, those policies must appear in a conspicuous location in the course syllabus and must be announced to the class on the first day it meets.
  • Regulations on class tardiness are determined by the instructor of the class.

XX. Academic Honesty

  • The University expects that students will conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.
  • Academic Offenses

1. Cheating: Cheating is defined as the fraudulent or deceptive taking, giving, or presenting of any information or material with the intent of aiding oneself or another on any 2. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of submitting the work of another as one's own. It includes the submission of the complete or partial work, or of the words, ideas, or format of another, published or unpublished, without appropriate reference and source credit. It includes employing or permitting another person to produce, alter, or revise material which the student submits as his or her own. If the student has any uncertainty regarding plagiarism in the submission of any material to his or her instructor, he or she should discuss the matter with the instructor prior to submission of the material.

academic work which is considered in any way in the determination of a course grade.

  1. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of submitting the work of another as one’s own. It includes the submission of the complete or partial work, or of the words, ideas, or format of another, published or unpublished, without appropriate reference and source credit. It includes employing or permitting another person to produce, alter, or revise material which the student submits as his or her own. If the student has any uncertainty regarding plagiarism in the submission of any material to his or her instructor, he or she should discuss the matter with the instructor prior to submission of the material.
  2. Forgery: Forgery is falsely recording the signature of an advisor, instructor, or any university official on any official University academic document.

C. Sanctions for Academic Offenses

One or more of the following sanctions may be applied to a student guilty of commission of an academic offense:

  1. Assignment of any grade on a paper, examination, or other material related to the offense.
  2. Assignment of any grade for the course in which the offense occurred.
  3. Forced withdrawal from the class in which the offense occurred.
  4. Suspension from the University for a specified period of time. Suspension includes exclusion from all classes and termination of student status and all related privileges and activities. A student who violates any of the terms of suspension shall be subject to further discipline in the form of permanent dismissal.
  5. Dismissal from the University: This sanction is final and susceptible to reconsideration only after review by the University President.

D. Disposition of Cases of Academic Offenses

  1. 1. Responsibility of the Instructor

An instructor who has evidence that a student has committed an academic offense shall attempt to arrange a personal conference with the student to present the evidence of the offense, to give the student an opportunity to state his/her case, and to

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