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Academic Honesty Mission Statement
Academic Honesty Policy
Responsibilities of the Instructor
Responsibilities of the Student
Violations of the Academic Honesty Policy
Informal Resolution
Formal Resolution
Sanctions
Appeals Process
ACADEMIC HONESTY
MISSION STATEMENT
The Curtis Institute of Music is committed to musical and academic
integrity. Curtis pledges to create an atmosphere conducive to creativity,
learning, and achievement, in keeping with the mission of the school. Guidelines and policies detail students' and teachers' rights and obligations as members of Curtis's community and are provided to foster excellence on stage and in the classroom.
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ACADEMIC
HONESTY POLICY
Students enrolled in courses at The Curtis Institute of Music will
be expected to complete their work with the highest degree of academic
integrity.
Students whose work or conduct is considered to be
in violation of this policy will be confronted by their teachers
and required to follow the procedures outlined below to determine
whether an infraction has occurred and how best to resolve the violation.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE INSTRUCTOR
The Curtis Institute of Music will publish this policy on the website
in order to make it available to every student and faculty member.
Instructors are obliged to include a statement concerning the Academic
Honesty Policy in their syllabi, and they are encouraged to discuss
the policy with their students.
If an instructor suspects that a student has violated the policy,
the instructor will request an explanation from the student. If
the instructor determines that no violation has occurred, the matter
will be dropped. If the instructor determines that a violation has
occurred and it is a first offense for the student, the instructor
may resolve the matter by following the procedures for an informal
or a formal resolution. Any additional violations will require formal
resolutions.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE STUDENT
Students should be familiar with the Academic Honesty Policy and
should bring any questions or concerns they have about the policy
and its application to the attention of an academic faculty member
or the dean.
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VIOLATIONS
OF THE ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
Violations of the Academic Honesty Policy will be judged seriously
and thoroughly. The following actions will be considered infractions
of the policy: plagiarism; cheating; and receiving and/or providing
unauthorized assistance on exams, essays, composition projects, or
harmony, counterpoint, or solfège homework. Other violations
include: presenting the work of others as your own and using technological
devices that have not been approved by the instructor.
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INFORMAL
RESOLUTION
If an instructor or proctor observes an act of academic dishonesty,
or if an instructor or proctor believes that a student has engaged
in an academically dishonest act outside of the classroom, he or
she may confront the student in question and require the student's
attendance at a meeting to discuss the incident.
In the case of academic dishonesty, the instructor may choose to
resolve the issue by failing the student on that particular assignment,
exam, or essay. It is recommended that the instructor make a note
of the incident and its resolution for his or her personal file
and inform the dean in accordance with current guidelines.
If a student violates the Academic Honesty Policy a second time,
the instructor must begin the formal resolution process immediately.
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FORMAL
RESOLUTION
Any instructor or student may choose to utilize the office of the
dean to create a formal resolution of the alleged infraction of
the Academic Honesty Policy.
If an instructor or proctor observes a student violating the Academic
Honesty Policy, or suspects a violation has occurred, he or she
will discuss the infraction with the student. If the instructor
determines that a formal resolution is required, he or she will
inform the dean and, together, they will determine an appropriate
sanction for the violation. The instructor will write an account
of the incident and the resolution for his or her own file and will
send copies to the student and the dean. If a student has committed
more than one act of academic dishonesty, the major teacher will
be notified.
If a student is found to have violated the Academic Honesty Policy
and feels that the decision or the sanctions are inappropriate,
he or she has the right to initiate the appeals process.
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SANCTIONS
Students who violate the Academic Honesty Policy may be sanctioned
in any or all of the following ways: grade penalty (an instructor
may refuse to correct an assignment or exam and/or may require the
rewriting of the assignment or exam), grade reduction (a grade of
F will be given for the work in which the offense occurred),
course failure, academic probation, expulsion from the Bachelor
of Music program, and expulsion from the Institute.
For sanctions of lower rank than course failure, the dean and the
instructor will determine whether a permanent report should be placed
in the student's file, the final decision resting with the dean.
For sanctions of course failure, academic probation, expulsion from
the Bachelor of Music program, or expulsion from the Institute, a
permanent report will be placed in the student's file.
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APPEALS
PROCESS
A student who has been found to have violated
the Academic Honesty Policy has the right to appeal the decision
to the instructor and to the dean in writing and must initiate the
process within ten school days from being informed of the determination
of the violation. The student also has the right to request that
the academic appeals committee hear the case and render a decision.
The only issues that may be appealed by the student are (1) Did
a violation of the Academic Honesty Policy occur? and (2) Was the
sanction determined by the instructor and/or the dean inappropriate?
When a student has taken an informal appeal to the instructor and
the dean, the decision on that appeal will constitute the administrative
decision from which a further appeal may be taken to the academic
appeals committee. A student (or parent) shall have ten school days
following the receipt of that administrative decision to make a
request for a formal hearing before the academic appeals committee.
The ruling of the academic appeals committee shall be final. For
more information about the academic appeals committee, please click
here.
Sources:
This Academic Honesty Policy was developed by a faculty committee,
which reviewed the policies of numerous institutions, including
the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Lock Haven University,
and Drexel University.
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