Evaluating Sources Toolkit

Academic Integrity Policy from CCCS

Please check with your Home College and Instructor's Academic Integrity policy for any questions. 

Academic Integrity:
Plagiarizing, cheating, or committing any other form of academic misconduct including, but not limited to, unauthorized collaboration, falsification of information, and/or helping someone else violate reasonable standards for academic behavior. Students who engage in any type of academic dishonesty are subject to both academic consequences as determined by the instructor and to outcomes as set forth in the Student Behavioral Expectations and Responsibilities Resolution Procedure.

• Cheating: The act of using or attempting to use an examination or other academic work, material, information, or study aids which are not permitted by the instructor. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
  • Using books, notes, or calculators or copying from or conversing with others during examinations (unless such external aids are permitted by the instructor).
  • Having someone else do research, write papers, or take examinations for someone else.
  • Submitting work completed in one class to fulfill an assignment in another class without prior approval from the instructor(s).
  • Stealing, distributing, selling, and buying tests or having someone take an exam on someone else’s behalf.
• Fabrication: The invention of material or its source and its use as an authority in academic work. Fabrication includes, but is not limited to:
  • Inventing the data for a scientific experiment.
  • Inventing the title and author of a publication in order to use the invented publication as a source.
  • Knowingly attributing material to an incorrect source.
• Plagiarism: The act of using someone else’s work without giving proper credit to the original source. The work can be written, artistic, musical, language, symbols, or media. Reusing one’s own prior work without proper citation (or approval of instructor) is also plagiarism.

For more information on SP 4-30a – Student Behavioral Expectations and Responsibilities Resolution Procedure, see here. 

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity and honesty have always been important components to being a successful college student. However, today's online world has magnified the importance of acting with integrity and honesty in the college classroom. We offer you helpful information on just what Academic Integrity is and why it's important as well as information on how to avoid academic dishonesty and the pitfalls of plagiarism.

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