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(Excerpted from the University Regulations and Disciplinary Policies)

Tests and Examinations: No student may intentionally or knowingly give or receive aid on any test or examination, or on any academic exercise that requires independent work, or use prohibited materials of any sort. The following are examples of academic dishonesty:

1. Copying from another student's paper
2. Using materials on a test or examination not authorized by the instructor
3. Collaborating with any other person during a test or examination without authorization by the instructor.
4. Knowingly obtaining, using, buying, selling, transporting or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of a non-administered test or examination.
5. Coercing any other person to obtain a non-administered test or examination, or to obtain information about such an examination or test.
6. Substituting for another student, or permitting any other person to substitute for oneself to take a test or examination.
7. Altering test answers and then claiming the instructor improperly graded the test or examination.
8. Collusion or purchased term papers

Collusion, the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing work offered for credit, is academically dishonest. New Jersey Public Law 1977-C-215, "The Term Paper Law," prohibits the preparation for sale and/or subsequent sale of any term paper, thesis, dissertation, essay or other assignment with the knowledge that the assignment will be submitted in whole or in part for academic credit.

9. Plagiarism/Other Written Work

Plagiarism is defined as using another person's words as if they were your own, and the unacknowledged incorporation of those words in one's own work for academic credit. The following guidelines for written work will assist students in avoiding plagiarism:

(a) General indebtedness for background information and data must be acknowledged by inclusion of a bibliography of all works consulted;
(b) Specific indebtedness for a particular idea, or for a quotation of four or more words from another text, must be acknowledged by footnote or endnote reference to the actual source. Quotations of four words or more from a text must also be indicated by the use of quotation marks;
(c) A project work shall be considered plagiarism if it duplicates in whole or in part, without citation, the work of another person to an extent that is greater than is commonly accepted. The degree to which imitation without citation is permissible varies from discipline to discipline. Students must consult their instructors before copying another person's work.

Adjudication of Disciplinary Cases - Academic

A) In addition to non-academic causes for disciplinary action, a student may also be subject to disciplinary action for reasons of academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is any attempt by the student to submit as his/her own work that which has not been completed by him/her or to give improper aid to another student in the completion of an assignment, i.e., plagiarism. Such dishonesty would include, but is not limited to, submitting as her/his own project, paper, report, test, program, design, or speech copied from, partially copied, or partially paraphrased the work of another (whether the source is printed, under copyright in manuscript form or electronic media). Source citations must be given for works quoted or paraphrased. The above rules apply to any academic dishonesty, whether the work is graded or ungraded, group or individual, written or oral. Procedures to be followed in such cases have been specified as follows:

B) The faculty member having the suspicion or evidence of dishonesty should first discuss the matter with the student(s) involved.

C) The faculty member should then discuss the situation with the chairperson of the department.

D) The chairperson or the faculty member calls the Dean of Students Office to request information on whether there has been any instance of prior academic dishonesty on the part of the individual(s). If a prior record exists the case will be referred to the Dean of Students for adjudication. The Dean will follow the procedures for adjudication of non-academic cases. If not, one of the following decisions will be made:

1. For the first offense of a student who seems mistaken in practice rather than guilt of intention, or in the case that seems to warrant leniency, the faculty member, consulting with the chairperson, may do any of the following which they deem appropriate:

(a) Grade the work under question "zero" of "failing"

(b) Allow the student to demonstrate that s/he can fulfill the assignment through her/his own honest effort if doing this would give her/him beneficial experience and (1) give a full grade for the assignment or (2) average the second grade with the zero in determining the student's final grade.

2. For the first offense which seems to be a clear case of cheating which does not seem to warrant leniency, the faculty member, after consulting with the chairperson, may do any of the following which they deem appropriate:

(a) Assign a grade of "F" for the course, pending results of any or all appeals. If the semester concludes before adjudication is complete, a grade of "F" will be recorded. (Students should have the right to remain in a class during the term of any course until or unless suspension from the class or the University is imposed). A grade of "F" so assigned shall not be deemed an academic judgment; rather, it will reflect a sanction imposed for academic dishonesty.

(b) Refer the case for adjudication through the Dean of Students Office. The Dean will follow the procedures for adjudication of non-academic cases. The faculty member will consult with/and assist the Dean in the informal resolution process. If the informal resolution process is not successful, the faculty member may be called to testify at the Disciplinary Hearing.

Sanctions imposed through the Dean of Students Office could include any or all of the following:

1. Removal from a class
2. Community Service
3. University Probation
4. Suspension from the University
5. Expulsion from the University