Academic Integrity
All members of the Juniata community share responsibility for establishing and maintaining appropriate standards of academic honesty and integrity. Students oblige themselves to follow these standards and to encourage others to do so. Faculty members also have an obligation to comply with the principles and procedures of academic honesty and integrity. Academically dishonest acts include cheating, fabrication and falsification, multiple submission, plagiarism, abuse of materials, and complicity in academic dishonesty.
All offenses are reported to the Director of Academic Support Services and all confirmed violations of the policy are kept on file for a minimum of five years or until the student is separated from the College, whichever is longer. A faculty member has discretion to recommend a sanction or the case may be referred to the Academic Judicial Board. If a student is accused a second time, the case is automatically referred to the Academic Judicial Board. Penalties may include, but are not limited to, the following: a formal warning; a reduced grade for the assignment; a reduced grade for the course; suspension from the College; dismissal from the College.
A more complete description of the College's policy on academic integrity and the procedures followed during a hearing of the Academic Judicial Board can be found in the Pathfinder on the Juniata College intranet.