Iḷisaġvik College encourages students to use available resources. This may involve working with others, including peers, experts, and other community members. During testing and other forms of assessment, as well as in all College learning situations, students are expected to follow the instructions and intent of the instructor. Students are expected to clearly indicate when the work is not their own, in whole or in part, and to attribute quotes and ideas to the original author or speaker.
Every student enrolled in a class or educational program at Iḷisaġvik College is expected to comply with this Code of Academic Conduct. Each instructor has full authority to impose disciplinary actions in cases of violations of this code. Notwithstanding any disciplinary action imposed by an instructor, the student shall be subject to discipline by the College up to and including administrative expulsion. Please see the “Policy Violation Procedures” section of this handbook for more information.
College students are expected to be mature individuals. Their conduct both in and out of college is expected to be that of any other responsible adult. Under these circumstances, it is expected that students will at all times remember that the reputation of this institution is affected by their conduct.
Student conduct regulations apply to actions on college premises and at college sponsored activities off- campus. In addition, students must also abide by tribal, state and federal laws.
The following are examples of violations of the Code of Academic Conduct:
- Cheating: Copying homework assignments from another student when not permitted by the instructor; Working with another student on a take-home test or homework when not permitted by the instructor.
- Tendering of Information: Giving work to another student to be copied when not permitted by the instructor; Providing answers to another person for test questions when not permitted by the instructor; Selling a paper or any work to another student that is to be handed into the instructor.
- Plagiarism: Quoting and/or copying text or other work on a test, paper, or homework without citing references; Taking credit for work purchased from another student or a research service; Retyping another student’s paper and handing it in as your own.
- Collusion: Planning with other students to commit any form of academic dishonesty.
- Misrepresentation: Having another student to do your work; Lying to an instructor to increase a low grade; Having another student take a test for you.
- Bribery: Offering money or any item or service to a faculty member or another person to gain an academic advantage.
- Abetting Dishonesty: Observing cheating on a test without reporting it to the instructor; Passing answers for a test from one student to another when not permitted by the instructor; Knowing about plagiarism by another student without reporting it to an instructor; Assisting another student in buying assigned work from another person or research service.