Academic Integrity
Mitchell Community College is committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity across all instructional programs. Any violation of our academic integrity policy is unacceptable and will lead to appropriate disciplinary measures.
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Academic Misconduct:
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Willfully committing an act of cheating, plagiarism, or fabrication.
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Facilitating Academic Misconduct:
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Intentionally helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of cheating, plagiarism, or fabrication.
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Cheating:
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Deliberately utilizing unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.
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Plagiarism:
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Knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise.
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Fabrication:
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Purposely falsifying or inventing information or citations in an academic exercise.
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Acts such as plagiarism, cheating, unauthorized collaboration, submitting work completed by another person or tool, or using artificial intelligence tools in ways not permitted by the instructor are subject to disciplinary action.