Office of Student Affairs & Activities
Faculty Academic Integrity Resources
Academic Integrity Reporting Process
Use the Academic Integrity Reporting Form to report all potential violations of academic dishonesty (cheating and plagiarism)
If you suspect a student has violated the Academic Integrity Policy, follow the steps below:
Faculty Steps
Inform Student
Inform the student that you have concerns with the assignment and you would like to discuss it. If more than one student is involved, meet with each student individually. If you are unable to meet with the student notify the student of the finidngs and report the incident through the Maxient reporting form.
Assess Incident
If you meet with the student, the instructor should get a sense of how the student constructed the assignment or that he/she did violate the academic integrity policy.
Submit Maxient Incident Report
Fill out the online reporting form for violations to the Academic Integrity Policy.
- Attach all supporting documentation to Maxient report
- Report must be submitted as soon as incident occurred
- Report only facts of incident (please leave out opinions or comments that may sound bias against student)
Faculty Grading
Grading: Faculty may grade the student's assignment based on their grading and academic integrity policy as stated in their syllabi. The student may receive a grade reduction or a zero for the assignment they allegedly plagiarized. Please note that according to Title V, students cannot be automatically failleg for the entire course for academic integrity violations.
Office of Student Affairs Steps
Case Creation
Once a report is received: Office staff will create a file through Maxient to keep all documentation, communication, statuses.
Notice of Concern Letter to Student
Notice of Concern: Written notice must be provided to the student within 10 days of the date on which the conduct took place; in the case of continuous, repeated or ongoing conduct, the notice must be provided within 10 days of the date on which conduct occurred which led to the decision to take disciplinary action.
Notice of Receipt Letter to Faculty
Notice of Receipt: Written notice will be sent to the faculty that submitted the report.
Conduct Process
Office of Student Affairs and Activitees will work with student through student conduct process.
Our office cannot move forward with the disciplinary process until your student responds
to our communication.
Sanctions: If this is the student’s first offense, the student will receive a written warning,
depending on the gravity of the offense (minor, moderate, major). In cases of repeated
or major offenses, sanctions may vary from extended disciplinary probation to suspension
from the Foothill-DeAnza District.
Student Educational Records in Accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): Foothill College makes every effort to comply with FERPA, a federal law that protects the privacy of a student's educational record. Accordingly, we keep the student's conduct process outcomes confidential.
Status Updates: You will receive a notification from our office once a disciplinary resolution has been reached with your student. As stated above, the outcome of the case, including sanctions, will not be disclosed in accordance with FERPA. However, our office will notify you once a resolution is reached and the case is closed.
Check this out! Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism
Many students arrive at the college uncertain of expectations. This uncertainty may have multiple origins.
Plagiarism is not an easy concept to fully grasp without considerable experience working with sources.
While the general principle of “not cheating” is easily understood and recognized in some forms of academic dishonesty (copying answers on a test, bringing a “cheat sheet” to an exam, etc.), knowing how to adequately cite the sources of one's expanding knowledge base is not easy.
Even expert writers can be found to have misquoted or misdated/paged the ideas and words of others (Pennycook, 1989). Additionally, the concept of paraphrase while not difficult in principle is extremely difficult to execute when the academic language resources of the writer are limited.
Within the context of avoiding plagiarism as a developing skill, there are a number of principles and practices faculty can use to help their students avoid the problem.
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