two weeks of class.
A student enrolled in a face-to-face course or hybrid course who accrues a number of unexcused absences which exceeds the number of class meetings in one week shall be reported to the Center for Academic Persistence (CAPS). The CAPS staff will confirm the student’s attendance record in the class with the instructor before withdrawing the student from the course. This action excludes official excuses as verified by the Office of Student Affairs.
A student enrolled in a 100% online or hybrid course is required to complete the online course assessment successfully and engage in the process as described in the course syllabus.
An instructor whose student does not meet the conditions stipulated in this policy must report the absent student to the Center for Academic Persistence Services (CAPS) to be withdrawn from the class.
The CAPS staff will be responsible for providing student intervention and support, and is available as a resource to student to encourage class preparation and participation. CAPS will deliver a Persistence Assessment report to instructors within 24 hours of notice for each student reported to CAPS office for attendance problems.
All faculty must include an attendance policy in the syllabus of the course they teach and provide such syllabus to the student on the first day of class. Faculty should encourage students to prepare and participate in class activities and students should make sure they understand how attendance and absenteeism affect the level of their preparation and participation, and ultimately their performance in the course.
The University expects that students will conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.
Academic Offenses
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 academic work which is considered in any way in the determination of a course grade.
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It includes the submission of the complete or partial work, or of the words, ideas, or format of another, published or unpublished, without appropriate reference and source credit.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.
Forgery: Forgery is falsely recording the signature of an advisor, instructor, or any university official on any official University academic document.
Sanctions for Academic Offenses
One or more of the following sanctions may be applied to a student guilty of commission of an academic offense:
Assignment of any grade on a paper, examination, or other material related to the offense.
Assignment of any grade for the course in which the offense occurred.
Forced withdrawal from the class in which the offense occurred.
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