Section 10
Eastern Connecticut State University
A Unit of the Connecticut State University System
Faculty Handbook
Student Policies and Services

ECSU Faculty Handbook

Cheating and Plagiarism
A student using other than approved materials when taking a test or who gives or receives information during an examination is guilty of cheating. Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as one's own. The "work of others" includes any work bought or borrowed from another student as well as work copied from a book, magazine, newspaper, or other medium. Complicity in another's act of plagiarism is itself an act of plagiarism. These acts are considered academic violations and are covered by the Statement on Campus Rights and Responsibilities in the Student Handbook. Discovery of cheating or plagiarism could lead to the maximum sanction - course failure and expulsion from the University.

ECSU Faculty Handbook

Academic Misconduct:
If an instance of academic misconduct is reported by a member of the university community other than the relevant instructor, the Vice President or Dean of Student Affairs or his/her designee will inform the Academic Vice President or the designee. The Academic Vice President or the designee will inform the relevant instructor. If disciplinary action seems warranted, the case will be presented to the appropriate judicial hearing officer or board or panel by the Vice President of Student Affairs. The hearing officer or board or Pane1 will inform both the Academic Vice President and the Student Affairs Vice President or their designees of the findings. The Academic Vice President in collaboration with the Vice President or Dean of Student Affairs or any of their designees will inform the Dean of the School in which the incident was originally reported that the case has been reviewed and what action, if any, was taken.

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