Academic Integrity: Penalty
Students' view
How does the suggestion that they might have violated academic integrity norms affect students? This seems to be a new area of research, but there are a few articles that might be enlightening as you consider next steps.
Gorichanaz, T. (2023). Accused: How students respond to allegations of using ChatGPT on assessments. Learning, 9(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/23735082.2023.2254787
Pitt, P., Dullaghan, K., & Sutherland-Smith, W. (2020). “Mess, stress and trauma”: students’ experiences of formal contract cheating processes. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(4), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2020.1787332
PCC Academic Dishonesty Report Form
- An incident form (Conduct Process Referral)should be completed. You will be contacted by a Student Conduct and Community Support coordinator.
Penalties for academic dishonesty, according to the Student Conduct page:
Typically, the first time a student is reported for a low level academic integrity issue, the instance will be recorded and will not proceed to the conduct process. The instructor may apply an outcome outlined below. The Student Conduct and Community Support Coordinators will likely consider the case documented and closed after the instructor’s intervention. No further outreach to the student or determination of outcomes will be made from our office, unless there are additional violations.
Per the policy procedure, the instructor may:
- Meet with the student.
- Issue no credit or partial credit for the assignment or allow the student to redo the assignment. The course instructor’s decision shall be communicated in writing to the student.
- Wait to assign a grade to that assignment until the conduct process has concluded. If the student’s grade on that assignment will affect the student’s final grade in the course, the instructor shall leave the grade blank.
If a student is found responsible for violating the academic misconduct policy through conduct process, the following outcomes may occur:
- Educational sanctions
- Expulsion
- Probation
- Written warning
- Failure of the coursework involved in the incident
- Suspension