IT Policy Library: Scholastic Policies

Conduct and discipline

The college assumes that students who enroll in its programs are responsible individuals who are serious about their education and who demand of themselves high standards of honesty, good personal conduct, and academic integrity.

Any act of scholastic dishonesty is considered a serious offense that may result in expulsion. IT defines scholastic dishonesty as:

• submission of false records of academic achievement
• cheating on assignments or examinations
• plagiarizing
• altering, forging, or misusing a University academic record
• taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission
• falsifying records or obtaining dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement, either acting alone or in cooperation with another
• use of electronic devices during exams

Aiding and abetting a student in an act of scholastic dishonesty is also considered a serious offense.

The IT Student Conduct Committee, consisting of faculty and students, hears cases of scholastic dishonesty. When charges are upheld, the student may be placed on disciplinary probation, failed in a course, suspended, or expelled.

A student has the right to a hearing and to appeal any disciplinary action. Copies of the procedures for cases of scholastic dishonesty are available in 105 Lind Hall upon request.

Disciplinary cases that are nonacademic in nature or that involve two or more colleges are referred to the Campus Committee on Student Behavior (612-624-6073).

If a student's infraction involves both IT judicial proceedings and court proceedings, and if the college's decision might prejudice the court case, IT will hold its decision in abeyance until the court proceedings are completed.

College contact:
Peter Hudleston, associate dean for student affairs
624-5091