10.3. Academic Integrity
As an institution preparing future health care professionals, the highest standards of ethical behavior are expected of all members of the Institute’s community. As a critical component of this commitment, the Institute expects all students to adhere strictly to standards of academic and professional integrity. These are expressed through practices of intellectual honesty.
Academic dishonesty is a serious form of misconduct that is subject to disciplinary action under the Student Guidelines for Conduct and includes the following: plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, fraud, and facilitating academic dishonesty. Please refer to section 10.6. Failure to Meet Professional Conduct Criteria.
- Plagiarism is any attempt to knowingly or deliberately pass off other's work as your own.
- Cheating is any attempt to gain an unfair advantage over one's fellow students.
- Fabrication is any attempt to present information that is not true when the author knows the information presented is false.
- Fraud is any attempt to deceive an instructor or administrative officer of the university.
- Facilitating Academic Dishonesty is any attempt to assist an act of academic dishonesty by another individual.
Students have the obligation and responsibility to understand what is acceptable and not acceptable conduct relative to academic integrity. If there are questions about these standards, students should refer to the full policy in the IHP Catalog on Academic Integrity or discuss the matter with the appropriate faculty member or advisor.