Practices and Procedures
The EMS Academic Integrity Committee has revised the College's practices pertaining to academic dishonesty cases. Important new procedures in place for contested cases include:
- All contested cases go directly to a hearing at which both the accused student and the course instructor are given the opportunity to speak (separately) to the committee;
- A quorum of at least five committee members—including at least one student member—must be present at the hearing;
- Conference call or Skype attendance will be available for either the student or instructor if in-person attendance at the hearing is not possible (especially for on-line course cases);
- Cases will be adjudicated and resolved based on the existence of a “preponderance of the evidence,” which translates as “more likely than not,”
- Cases will be resolved by means of a majority vote by the committee (versus unanimous vote);
- Technical experts will assist in determining culpability for online course cases;
- If prior infractions of academic dishonesty exist, the associate dean, in consultation with the course instructor, may assign a more stringent sanction;
- The “Sanctioning Guidelines,” were updated recently to the University’s G-9 Academic Integrity policy.