Athens Technical College AI Policy

Academic honesty is defined as performing all academic work without plagiarism, cheating, lying, tampering, falsifying, stealing, purchasing, giving, or receiving unauthorized assistance from any other person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge without properly acknowledging the source. Academic dishonesty means performing, attempting to perform, or assisting any other person in performing academic work that does not meet this standard of academic honesty.

Academic work includes, but is not limited to, examinations, exercises, quizzes, term papers, required drafts of assignments, required attendance, reports, presentations and speeches, laboratory work, online assignments, scientific experiments, clinical and practicum rotations, and internship assignments. No student shall perform, attempt to perform, or assist another in performing any act of dishonesty on academic work to be submitted for academic credit or advancement.

Unauthorized assistance—Giving or receiving assistance in connection with any examination or other academic work that has not been authorized by an instructor.

Faculty have the primary responsibility of ensuring that academic honesty is maintained in the courses they teach; therefore, they have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to inform students of the academic honesty rules that apply to particular academic work and the specific types of academic assistance that are permissible in connection with that academic work.

Unauthorized assistance—Giving or receiving assistance in connection with any examination or other academic work that has not been authorized by an instructor. During examinations, quizzes, lab work, and similar activities, students are to assume that any assistance (such as books, notes, calculators, and conversations with others) is unauthorized unless it has been specifically authorized by an instructor.

Examples of prohibited behavior include, but are not limited to, the following when not authorized:

i. Copying, or allowing another to copy, answers to an examination;

ii. Transmitting or receiving, during an examination, information that is within the scope of the material to be covered by that examination (including transmission orally, in writing, by sign, electronic signal, or other manner);

iii. Giving or receiving answers to an examination scheduled for a later time;

The instructor may, however, take any action reasonably necessary to collect and preserve evidence of the alleged violation and to maintain or restore the integrity of the exam or laboratory conditions.

Unauthorized assistance—Giving or receiving assistance in connection with any examination or other academic work that has not been authorized by an instructor.

Faculty have the primary responsibility of ensuring that academic honesty is maintained in the courses they teach; therefore, they have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to inform students of the academic honesty rules that apply to particular academic work and the specific types of academic assistance that are permissible in connection with that academic work.

iv. Completing for another, or allowing another to complete for you, all or part of an assignment (such as a paper, exercise, homework assignment, presentation, report, computer application, laboratory experiment, or computation);

Unauthorized assistance—Giving or receiving assistance in connection with any examination or other academic work that has not been authorized by an instructor.

Faculty have the primary responsibility of ensuring that academic honesty is maintained in the courses they teach; therefore, they have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to inform students of the academic honesty rules that apply to particular academic work and the specific types of academic assistance that are permissible in connection with that academic work.

Academic honesty is defined as performing all academic work without plagiarism, cheating, lying, tampering, falsifying, stealing, purchasing, giving, or receiving unauthorized assistance from any other person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge without properly acknowledging the source.

Academic work includes, but is not limited to, examinations, exercises, quizzes, term papers, required drafts of assignments, required attendance, reports, presentations and speeches, laboratory work, online assignments, scientific experiments, clinical and practicum rotations, and internship assignments.

a. Plagiarism—Submission for academic advancement the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of another that are not common knowledge, without appropriate attribution to that other person.

c. Lying/Tampering—Giving any false information in connection with the performance of any academic work or in connection with any proceeding under this policy. This includes, but is not limited to:

ii. Falsifying the results of any laboratory or experimental work or fabricating any data or information;

Academic honesty is defined as performing all academic work without plagiarism, cheating, lying, tampering, falsifying, stealing, purchasing, giving, or receiving unauthorized assistance from any other person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge without properly acknowledging the source.

a. Plagiarism—Submission for academic advancement the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of another that are not common knowledge, without appropriate attribution to that other person.

i. Directly quoting all or part of another person's written or spoken words without quotation marks, as appropriate to the discipline;

ii. Paraphrasing all or part of another person's written or spoken words without notes or documentation within the body of the work;

An instructor who has evidence that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty must meet with the student as described below or during the week of final exams may report the violation to the vice president for student affairs. In meeting with the student, the instructor must present and explain the evidence of the violations of the academic honesty policy and allow the student to respond to the evidence.

If the student accepts the charges, the student may receive a grade of zero points for all or part of that assignment or another suitable but less severe penalty, depending on the circumstances of the offense and as decided upon by the instructor.

If the student judiciary committee finds the student guilty of an academic honesty infraction, the student must receive zero points for the activity for which the infraction occurred. First offense violations may also result in one or more of the following consequences:

• Final course grade of F

• Suspension for a period of one or more academic terms

If it is determined that the notification constitutes a second acknowledgement by the student, the consequence may result in the student being expelled. If the student acknowledges a second violation in a facilitated discussion or if a student judiciary committee finds a second violation of the policy, the student may be expelled with a notation that the expulsion was for an academic honesty violation.

Faculty have the primary responsibility of ensuring that academic honesty is maintained in the courses they teach; therefore, they have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to inform students of the academic honesty rules that apply to particular academic work and the specific types of academic assistance that are permissible in connection with that academic work.

Faculty is also responsible for following the steps outlined in this policy.