Academic Integrity Policy

What is plagiarism?

According to the CCC&TI Student Handbook:

"It is the responsibility of every student, staff member, and instructor at CCC&TI to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. For this reason, the college will not tolerate any instance of cheating, plagiarism, or any other act that violates standards necessary to maintain academic honesty.

Violations of the college’s Academic Integrity Policy include cheating, plagiarism, conspiring, and deception.

1. Cheating is taking, possessing, or using any academic material without permission, including but not limited to 

   • test information including test banks, notes, and online resources 

   • receiving or giving help during tests, including online tests 

   • copying or attempting to copy another person’s paper, exam, assignment, or other graded work 

   • allowing another to copy such paper, exam, or graded work 

   • sharing or using information from an online sharing site

In addition, unauthorized use of any electronic devices, such as cell phones, smart watches, ear buds, or headphones, during a testing situation may be in violation of the policy.

2. Plagiarism is taking another person’s work or ideas, published or unpublished, and submitting it as one’s own, including but not limited to

   • copying a phrase, sentence, or passage from another’s work and not identifying or citing the source

   • using information from a source and failing to cite the source fully

   • paraphrasing or summarizing inadequately

   • submitting a paper, in whole or part, written by another

3. Conspiring is attempting to help another person commit an act of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to

   • distributing test questions or substantive information about test content

   • intentionally allowing another to copy from one’s paper during an examination or test

   • collaborating on academic work—such as online, on campus, and take-home tests, quizzes, and assignments—without an instructor’s explicit permission

   • taking an examination or test for another student

   • signing another name on an academic exercise or attendance roster

It is the student's responsibility to seek clarification from their instructor when there is a question about collaboration on an assignment or test.

4. Deception is providing false information, including but not limited to

   • intentionally lying to college personnel

   • trying to impede an investigation

   • failing to provide accurate and clear information when asked

Violations of this policy may result in failure of the course and academic probation for one semester. Subsequent violations are likely to result in suspension or expulsion from the college. Any student who disagrees with the penalty associated with violations of the Academic Integrity Policy may file an appeal in accordance with the college’s Grade Appeal Procedure as outlined in the College Catalog and the Institutional Policy and Procedures Manual."

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