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Academic Integrity

One of the essential values of Penn State University is Academic Integrity. The University expects students to respect each other, their professors, an themselves According to the Student Code of Conduct, Academic Integrity is defined as "the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner."

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of information or citations, facilitation of acts of academic dishonesty by others, unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, and tampering with the academic work of other students.

The University takes violations of Academic Integrity seriously.  When an act of academic dishonesty is believed to have occurred, the process begins with a conversation between the faculty member and the accused student and follows the procedures outlined by the Faculty Senate- A link to this document, also referred to as G-9, is located below. Only in the limited instances in which the faculty member believes that disciplinary, as well as academic, sanctions are appropriate should the process move from the realm of faculty and the college to the Office of Judicial Affairs.

Academic Dishonesty cases which result in academic sanctions only will not be reported out to others with the exception of when a subsequent academic dishonesty violation occurs.  When an academic dishonesty case results in disciplinary action assigned by the JA Designee, the charge and sanction become part of the student’s record which will be reported out following the guidelines outlined in our records policy.

Link to G-9 Academic Integrity Procedure

Link to University Policy 49-20 Academic Integrity