GCC Academic Honesty Policy

I expect all of you understand the importance of academic honesty. Using the work of others without acknowledging their contribution is plagiarism. Scholarship builds on the work of others; it is a conversation between your peers, experts, and instruction. (Scholarship as a Conversation frame) 

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Academic Honesty Policy

College study is the process of acquainting students with values and procedures central to scholarship. Therefore, all students are expected to do their work. All forms of cheating and plagiarism are forbidden. This is the official policy of Glendale Community College.

The following behaviors serve as an operational description of student violations of academic honesty: 

  1. The student takes or copies answers from another student or source or uses unauthorized materials during a test. 
  2. The student turns in an assignment (labs, art projects, homework, prewritten or purchased papers, or work downloaded from the Internet) which is not their own. 
  3. The student uses words or ideas which are not their own without acknowledgment of the source (plagiarism). 
  4. The student knowingly deceives an instructor with the intent to improve their standing in class. 
  5. The student submits the same paper or project previously submitted in another class without the permission of the current instructor. 
  6. The student depends upon tools or assistance prohibited by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments. 
  7. The student acquires, without permission, tests or other academic materials belonging to a member of the GCC faculty or staff.

When a student engages in academic dishonesty, faculty have the option of requiring the student to see a college counselor and/or assigning a lower grade, including an F or 0 on the assignment in question. (AR 5501)

Violations of this policy will be reported to the Vice President of Instruction and will become part of the Glendale College Cheating Incident file, unless the instructor finds compelling reasons not to report a violation. The Executive Vice President of Instruction may then impose sanctions authorized by Administrative Regulation 5420. The sanctions include, but are not limited to, issuing a reprimand, suspending the student for up to ten days of instruction, and/or requesting a hearing by the Campus Judicial Board to see if the student should be suspended, or permanently expelled from the college.

The student has the right of due process for all the above sanctions.