185. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

.1 Procedures.

Instructors shall report alleged dishonesty to the Dean. Students are requested to cooperate by reporting cases of observed dishonesty. The Dean, two faculty members from the CLA Faculty Judicial Board, and the reporting instructor shall form a committee to investigate the complaint. The student may request that one of the faculty members be replaced by another faculty member from the CLA Judicial Board. The student may have up to a week to prepare his or her response. When the Committee votes on the disposition of the case, the reporting instructor shall have no vote.

a) In all proceedings the student shall be permitted to make an oral or written statement, and he or she may be represented by a faculty member of his or her own choosing.

b) Decision of guilt or innocence, shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence, and shall be separate from determination of penalty.

c) In all cases the student or the reporting instructor may appeal the decision.

.2 Penalties.

First offense: The maximum penalty shall be suspension from the CLA. Disqualification from Honors may be one of the penalties exacted.

Second offense: The maximum penalty shall be dismissal from the CLA.

.3 Appeal Process.

a) The Dean's Council shall serve as a final appeals board for the faculty as a whole in cases of academic dishonesty. The appeal, whether sought by the reporting instructor or student, must be based on matters of fact or procedure and must be submitted in writing. The Council shall make a decision on the written appeal, and may decide to rehear the case. If the Council rehears the full matter under dispute, it has the right to reverse the decision of an earlier hearing. Whether or not the Council decides to hear the appeal, it shall provide reasons for its decision in writing to both parties.

b) Only the five faculty members elected to the Dean's Council shall vote on such appeals. While the Dean, the Associate Dean of the College and SGA representative may remain in attendance during such hearings, they shall have no vote.

c) When any member of the Council believes that he or she should not hear the matter under appeal because of a possible conflict of interest, that member may be excused and be replaced temporarily by the Dean's appointment from the faculty or student government as appropriate.

d) The reporting instructor shall provide information only. The "prosecutor" role shall be taken by one of the two faculty members who participated in the original hearing. The student may be accompanied and advised by a member of the faculty of his or her choosing.

e) Decisions shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence and, as in the initial hearing, decisions on guilt or innocence shall be separate from determination of penalty. (CLA 90-3)