WAC 132Z-115-060   Standards of classroom behavior.  (1) Admission to Cascadia Community College carries with it the presumption that students will conduct themselves with high standards of academic honesty and integrity.

     Hallmarks of academic integrity include:

     Submitting work that reflects original thoughts and ideas;

     Clearly citing other people's work when using it to inform your own;

     Seeking permission to use other people's creative work;

     Fully contributing to group work and projects.

     Students who choose not to uphold the hallmarks of integrity are therefore considered engaging in academic dishonesty.

     Academic dishonesty is defined as any act of course-related dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating or plagiarism.

     (a) Cheating includes, but is not limited to, using, or attempting to use, any material, assistance, or source which has not been authorized by the instructor to satisfy any expectation or requirements in an instructional course, or obtaining, without authorization, test questions or answers or other academic material that belong to another.

     (b) Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, using another person's ideas, words or other work in an instructional course without properly crediting that person.

     (c) Academic dishonesty also includes, but is not limited to, submitting in an instructional course either information that is known to be false (while concealing that falsity) or work that is substantially the same as that previously submitted in another course (without the current instructor's approval).

     (d) Academic dishonesty also includes taking credit for the work of others when working in groups or otherwise.

     Any act of cheating and/or plagiarism is strictly prohibited and will be subject to disciplinary action. Where suspected violations of the academic honesty policy occur, appropriate procedures are designed to protect the academic process and integrity while ensuring due process. Students are expected to adhere to guidelines on academic honesty as stated by individual instructors in their course syllabi, provided those guidelines do not contradict policies and procedures established in the student code of conduct. All documented violations of the academic honesty policy will be reported to the vice-president for student success, who shall maintain a record of violations. Students who violate the academic honesty policy twice will be placed on disciplinary probation. Students who violate the academic honesty policy subsequently (a third time) will be placed on disciplinary suspension.

     (2) Classroom conduct: Instructors have the authority to take whatever summary actions may be necessary to maintain order and proper conduct in the classroom and to maintain the effective cooperation of the class in fulfilling the objectives of the course.

     (a) Any student who, by any act of misconduct, substantially disrupts any college class by engaging in any conduct that renders it difficult or impossible to maintain the decorum of the faculty member's class shall be subject to disciplinary action.

     (b) The instructor of each course offered by the college is authorized to take such steps as may be necessary to preserve order and to maintain the effective cooperation of the class in fulfilling the objectives of the course; provided that a student shall have the right to appeal such disciplinary action to the vice-president for student success; provided further that, in the event a student appeals to the vice-president for student success the decision by the instructor to remove a student from a single class session, the decision of the vice-president on the appeal shall be final and not subject to appeal to the conflict resolution council.



[Statutory Authority: Executive Order 97-02, RCW 28B.10.902 and 28B.20.903. 05-06-003, § 132Z-115-060, filed 2/17/05, effective 3/20/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. 00-20-037, § 132Z-115-060, filed 9/28/00, effective 10/29/00.]