Academic Honesty

Academic Honesty

Students are expected to maintain complete honesty and integrity in their experiences in the classroom. Any student found guilty of dishonesty in academic work is subject to disciplinary action. 

1. DCC may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of any form of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to, the following:  

• Copying from another student’s test paper or other academic work. 
• Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test. 
• Collaborating, without authorization, with another student during an exam or in preparing academic work. 
• Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting, in whole or part, the contents of an un-administered test. 
• Substitution for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, to take a test or prepare other academic work. 
• Bribing another person to obtain an un-administered test or information about an un-administered test. 
• The appropriation of another’s work without acknowledging the incorporation of another’s work in one’s own written work (plagiarism). 

2. A student who receives a failing grade (“F”) in a course as a result of academic dishonesty (such as plagiarism) may not withdraw from that course with a “W” or receive a refund. This policy applies to any student in a particular course deemed to have committed an act of academic dishonesty during any part of a semester, regardless of whether he/she has turned in any graded work. Mitigating circumstances do not apply in such cases. A student may follow the appeal process outlined in the DCC Student Handbook to appeal the failing grade. 

3. All academic dishonesty actions will be first considered and reviewed by the appropriate faculty member. If the student does not accept the decision of the faculty member, the student may discuss their concerns with the Division Dean. If the student does not accept the decision of the Division Dean, the College will then follow the normal disciplinary procedures.