The document provides information for students on academic conduct policies including definitions of academic dishonesty like cheating and plagiarism. It lists potential actions that can be taken for student misconduct such as verbal warnings, requiring a retake or rewrite, failing an assignment or course, or referral for suspension. The document also covers categories of students with disabilities and examples of accommodations available to support them. Finally, it defines plagiarism and cites studies finding high rates of cheating and plagiarism among college students.

1. Student Conduct
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2. Academic Dishonesty
• Cheating, which is defined as the giving or taking of any
information or material with the intent of wrongfully aiding one’s
self or another in academic work considered in the determination of
course grade or the outcome of a standardized test.
• Plagiarism, which is defined as the act of stealing or passing off as
one’s own work the words, ideas or conclusions of another as if the
work submitted were the product of one’s own thinking rather than
an idea or product derived from another source.
• Any other form of inappropriate behavior which may include
but is not limited to: falsifying records or data, lying, unauthorized
copying, tampering, abusing or otherwise unethically using
computer or other stored information, and any other act or
misconduct which may reasonably be deemed to be a part of this
heading.

3. Actions for Student Misconduct
1.Verbally warn the student that continuation or
repetition of misconduct of this nature may be cause
for further disciplinary action.
2.Require the student to retake the test or rewrite the
assignment.
3.Require the student to withdraw from the course.
4.Fail the student for the assignment.
5.Fail the student for the course.
6.Refer the student(s) to the campus dean of student
success for possible suspension or dismissal.

4. Students with Disabilities
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5. Categories
• Chronic systemic conditions • Mobility impairments range
affect one or more of the systems of
the body and include conditions such from very limited stamina to
as cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and HIV- paralysis of the lower or upper
AIDS. extremities and may include
conditions such as arthritis, back
• Hearing disabilities can range from disorders, cerebral palsy, spinal
students who have difficulty hearing, cord injuries, and neuromuscular
have lost hearing in one ear, or are disorders.
completely deaf.
• Psychiatric disabilities refer to
• Learning disabilities refers to a diagnosis of a mental disorder
significant difficulties in the from a licensed professional and
acquisition and use of listening,
speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, may include conditions such as
and/or mathematical abilities, with depression, bipolar disorder,
the presence of at least average anxiety disorder, and
intelligence. This includes conditions schizophrenia.
such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and
dysgraphia, and can be extended to
include attention deficit disorder. • Vision disabilities include low
vision, total blindness, and partial
sight such as impaired field of
vision.

6. Examples of Accommodations
The following adaptive equipment is available for loan
through the College OSSD.
• Tape recorders
• Assistive Listening Devices and FM Systems
• Dictionary Spell-checkers
• Talking dictionary spell-checkers
• Calculators
• Talking calculators
• Specialized keyboards
• Victor Readers (used with audio books)
• Magnifiers

7. Plagiarism
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8. What is Plagiarism?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:
• to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
another) as one's own
• to use (another's production) without crediting
the source
• to commit literary theft
• to present as new and original an idea or product
derived from an existing source.

9. Facts about Plagiarism
Here are some recent findings regarding plagiarism:
• A study by The Center for Academic Integrity found
that almost 80% of college students admit to
cheating at least once.
• According to a survey by the Psychological Record
36% of undergraduates have admitted to
plagiarizing written material.
• A poll conducted by US News and World Reports
found that 90% of students believe that cheaters are
either never caught or have never been
appropriately disciplined.