STUDENTS’
RIGHTS
In the case of a
dispute between the student and a faculty member involving academic
concerns (i.e. classroom evaluation, course grades, etc.), the
student should follow the procedures outlined in the appropriate
publication of the university employing the faculty member.
For example, Clarion University’s Student Rights,
Regulations, and Procedures Handbook, Edinboro University’s
Student Handbook and Slippery Rock University’s Green and
White Student Handbook. The procedures to be followed are
consistent with the university in which the faculty member is
employed.
STUDENT REPRESENTATION AT FACULTY
MEETINGS
Graduate nursing student
representation at meetings of the Graduate Faculty Organization is
expected and stated in the by-laws of that organization as
follows:
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Article IV-Membership -
Two graduate nursing students and two alternates elected by the
student body or volunteering from the student body also are
members.
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Article VIII-Standing
Committees, Section d-Membership of Standing Committees
- The Admission, Progression, and
Graduation Committee shall have 3 graduate faculty, one (1) from
each university.
- The Graduate Student/Graduate
Faculty Coordinating Committee shall have 3, two (2) graduate
nursing faculty, one (1) from each university, and one (1) graduate
nursing student volunteering from the student body.
- The Graduate Program Resource
Committee shall have a minimum of three (3) faculty, one (1) from
each university, and one (1) graduate nursing student volunteering
from the student body.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Clarion
University
Students at Clarion University shall
maintain a high standard of honesty in scholastic work. As
members of the university community, students have a responsibility
to be familiar with the conduct regulations found in the university
catalogs, Student Handbook and Calendar; Student Rights,
Regulations, and Procedures Handbook; and other university
documents. Among the conduct regulations addressed are acts
of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism or cheating on
assignments, examination, or other academic work, or, without prior
approval of the instructor, submitting work already done for
another course.
Students shall avoid all forms of
academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:
- Plagiarism: The use of another’s words without
attribution and without enclosing the words in quotation
marks. Plagiarism may also be defined as the act of taking
the ideas or expression of ideas of another and representing them
as one’s own-even if the original paper has been paraphrased
or otherwise modified. A close or extended paraphrase may
also be considered plagiarism even if the source is
named.
- Collusion: Working with another in the preparation of
notes, themes, reports, or other written work offered for credit
unless such collaboration is specifically approved in advance by
the instructor.
- Cheating on an examination or
quiz: Giving or receiving
information or using prepared material on an examination or
quiz.
- Falsification of
data: Manufacturing data,
falsification of information, including providing false or
misleading information, or selective use of data to support a
particular conclusion or avoid conducting actual
research.
Charges of academic dishonesty may
be brought against a student by any member of the academic
community. Sanctions for academic dishonesty can range from a
failing grade on a particular assignment or examination to
dismissal from the university based on the seriousness of the
action and whether it is part of a pattern of academic
dishonesty. Instructors imposing a lowered or failing grade
on an assignment or course as a result of a charge of academic
dishonesty must inform the student. Students have the right
to appeal instructor decisions (Student Rights,
Regulations, and Procedures Handbook) either through the
grade appeal process or directly to the Conduct Board, depending on
the nature of the dispute. Sanctions extending beyond a
particular course, such as suspension or dismissal from an academic
program or from the university, can only be imposed as the result
of complaints filed under the Disciplinary Procedures Code and
after formal hearings under this code.
Edinboro University
Academic dishonesty is
considered a violation against the university’s Student
Code of Conduct. Dishonesty includes cheating,
plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to the
University. Violations are adjudicated by the Office of
Student Judicial Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs and
Student Success, with final authority for the disciplinary system
of the University resting with the President of Edinboro University
of Pennsylvania.
Slippery Rock
University
Academic dishonesty is considered a
major violation against the university’s Code of
Conduct and an offense against this university. Any
student charged with academic dishonesty will be dealt with by
either the coordinator of student standards or the course
instructor. If the instructor handles the matter, the
instructor is to inform the departmental chairperson of the problem
and its resolution. The departmental chairperson is to
forward the information to the appropriate dean who will then
inform the vice president for academic affairs. If the
instructor decides to refer the matter to the Office of Student
Standards, the coordinator of that office may institute
disciplinary action.
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