Report

Students, faculty, and staff may report any violation, including minor unintentional violations, directly to the Director of Academic Integrity on the Report Form (see copy in MyQ). Other optional procedures for various types of violations are detailed below.

1. Minor Unintentional Violations

In some cases faculty may choose to work directly with a student to resolve what the faculty member believes to be a minor unintentional integrity violation. In such cases, the faculty member shall discuss the situation with the Director of Academic Integrity to be sure this is a first-time violation.

If this is a first-time minor and unintentional violation, whether or not the instructor imposes a sanction, the instructor must submit a Report Form, without including the student name, to the Director of Academic Integrity. Such reports will help the Director educate the community about the integrity policy and violations.

If a sanction is imposed, the student may invoke this policy to appeal the faculty action.

2. Substantial or Intentional Violations

a. Students, faculty, and staff will report all substantial and all intentional violations. This written, formal report, presented on the Report Form, may be submitted by any member of the University community (student, faculty, or staff) to the Director of Academic Integrity. The Integrity Report Form is available from the University's Director of Academic Integrity, and the University Website.

The report must provide the name(s) of the student(s), the date(s) and a description of the alleged violation, detailed facts surrounding the alleged violation(s), the names of any witnesses, and detailed factual information or documentation useful in determining the truth of the charge(s) made.

b. The Director of Academic Integrity will provide written notice to the student(s), staff, and faculty member(s) involved to confirm that a complaint has been filed, to specify the alleged violation, and to outline the academic judicial procedures. This notice will explain to the student that he or she is obligated to respond on the Response Form (see form in MyQ) within 7 (seven) calendar days of receipt of the Response Form .

c. The student must fill out the Response Form within the required time period. Here the student will indicate whether he or she admits responsibility for the violation and how he or she wishes to proceed.

d. If the student admits responsibility and has not been found responsible for a previous violation of the Academic Integrity Policy, the student may request

1) to meet with the faculty member to discuss the violation and attempt to develop a joint student/faculty recommendation. If both parties agree to the statement of the violation and the sanction, they will prepare the Joint Resolution Form (see form in MyQ). On this form they will specify the violation and the jointly proposed sanction. This joint recommendation will be forwarded to the Director of Academic Integrity for final approval. If a conflict of interest occurs, the Director can request Academic Integrity Board approval of joint resolutions. Faculty are not required to participate in a joint resolution session.

It is anticipated and encouraged that a joint resolution will be worked out in a private meeting between the faculty member and the student(s) involved in a case. However, either the student or the faculty member can request that the Director of Academic Integrity assign a member of the Academic Integrity Board to attend a joint resolution meeting as a neutral third party.

If the student accepts responsibility for an action which violates the Academic Integrity Policy, but is not related to a particular class, the joint resolution may be completed with the Director of Academic Integrity. An example of this would be giving a fellow student a paper from a class taken in a previous semester. Joint resolutions completed with the Director of Academic Integrity will be approved by the Academic Integrity Board.

2) not to meet with the faculty member. The student can elect to either proceed directly to the Academic Integrity Hearing Board (see section), or to meet with the Director of Academic Integrity/ a case review team for an opportunity to ask questions prior to a hearing. The Academic Integrity Hearing Board will determine a sanction.

e. If the student declares he or she is not responsible for the alleged violation, the case will proceed to a Case Review (see section).

f. If the student has been found responsible for a previous violation of the policy the case will automatically proceed to a Case Review (see section).

g. If grades are awarded while the case is in progress, the faculty member should assign a temporary grade of "incomplete" to the student pending the outcome of the Academic Integrity Hearing Board review process. A faculty member should not automatically assign a grade (other than an "I") when a student is suspected of a violation of this policy.

h. All members of the university community are welcome to discuss alleged violations with the Director of Academic Integrity prior to filing a report to clarify and confirm procedures.

i. All members of the community, including supervisors, are expected to encourage students, faculty, or staff members to support this policy and to use its procedures.