As students and faculty of Dominican University New York and as members of a larger academic community, we hold ourselves responsible for the maintenance of academic integrity. Our standard of integrity precludes any form of misrepresentation of one’s work or performance.
Students have the obligation to a) observe the standards of integrity in dealing with the University administration and faculty, and b) learn and apply appropriate research procedures.
An understanding of the theory behind documentation is necessary not just to avoid unwitting plagiarism, but to implement serious scholarly pursuits. Faculty members have the obligation to promulgate this standard and to instruct their students in research procedures. Students have the right to learn and develop in an environment characterized, so far as possible, by academic integrity. Thus, if students observe a breach of integrity—cheating on an examination, for example—they have a right to report it to the instructor and to expect that the instructor will take appropriate corrective action. But for the protection of all parties involved, any action taken by the instructor must begin with independent, discreet, and certain validation of the report.
A statement on academic integrity that explains the standards of scholarship expected in a collegiate environment and describes the procedures followed in cases when such standards are breached is published in the Student Handbook and Faculty Policy Manual.