Academic Integrity Policy

Academic Integrity Policy. The institution is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and expects all students, faculty, and staff to uphold these principles in all academic work. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: (a) plagiarism, defined as the submission of another's work, words, or ideas as one's own without proper attribution, including material from published and unpublished sources, the internet, and artificial intelligence-generated content; (b) cheating, including the use of unauthorized materials, devices, or assistance during examinations or in the completion of assignments; (c) fabrication, including the falsification or invention of data, citations, or other information in academic work; (d) facilitating dishonesty, including knowingly helping or attempting to help another person commit an act of academic dishonesty; (e) multiple submissions, including submitting the same work in more than one course without prior authorization; and (f) sabotage, including the deliberate destruction or interference with another student's work. Violations of this policy may result in sanctions including, but not limited to: a failing grade on the assignment, a failing grade in the course, academic probation, suspension, or expulsion. Students have the right to appeal academic integrity findings through the institution's established appeals process.