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The Office of Student Life is a department within the Student Affairs Division which reports to the Assistant Vice President for Campus Life.
Office of Student Life

330 Memorial Union, Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-2101; Fax: 401-874-5574; TTD: 401-874-2098

1. Honesty. It is a URI CORNERSTONE that "we pursue knowledge with honesty, integrity, and courage. Therefore, students are expected to be honest in all their interactions and academic work.

1.1 Truthful Information. Providing incorrect, untruthful or incomplete information to University officials or conduct boards is prohibited.

1.2 Truthful Access. Seeking or obtaining University privileges or services to which you are not entitled is prohibited.

1.3 Evidence. Destroying, altering, or concealing evidence of violations of community standards is prohibited.

1.4 Academic Honesty. Students are expected to be honest in all academic work. Cheating is the claiming of credit for work not done independently without giving credit for aid received, or unauthorized possession or access to exams, or any unauthorized communication during examinations.

1.5 Written Work. A student's name on any written exercise (theme, report, notebook, paper, examination) shall be regarded as assurance that the work is the result of the student's own thought and study, stated in the student's own words and produced without assistance, except as quotation marks, references, and footnotes acknowledge the use of other sources of assistance. Occasionally, students may be authorized to work jointly, but such effort must be indicated as joint on the work submitted. Submitting the same paper for more than one course is considered a breach of academic integrity unless prior approval is given by the instructors. Written work presented as personal creation is assumed to involve no assistance other than incidental criticism of others. A student shall not knowingly employ story material, wording, or dialogue taken from published work, motion pictures, radio, television, lectures, or similar sources.

1.6 Crediting Sources. In preparing papers or themes, a student often needs, or is required, to employ sources of information or opinion. All such sources used in preparing to write or in writing a paper shall be listed in the bibliography. It is not necessary to give footnote reference for specific facts that are common knowledge and have obtained general agreement. However, facts, observations, and opinions which are new discoveries or are debatable shall be identified with correct footnote references even when restated in the student's own words. Material taken word-for-word from the written or oral statement of another person must be enclosed in quotation marks and the source cited. Paraphrasing or summarizing the contents of another's work is usually acceptable if the source is clearly identified but does not constitute independent work and may be rejected by the instructor.

1.7 Other Academic Work. Notebooks, homework, and reports of investigations or experiments shall meet the same standards as all other written work. If any work is done jointly or if any part of an experiment or analysis is made by someone other than the writer, acknowledgment of this fact shall be made in the report submitted. It is dishonest to falsify or invent data.

1.8 Examinations. In writing examinations, the student shall respond entirely on the basis of his or her own capacity without any assistance except that authorized by the instructor.

1.9 Instructors' Responsibility. Instructors have the responsibility of insuring that students prepare assignments with academic integrity. Instructors do all that is feasible to prevent plagiarism in term papers or other written work. Instructors have the explicit duty to take action in cases of cheating or plagiarism. The instructor has the right to fail a student on the assignment on which the instructor has determined that a student has cheated. The circumstances of this failure will be reported to the student's academic dean. The student may appeal the matter to the instructor's dean, and the decision by the dean shall be expeditious and final. Either the instructor, the instructor's dean, or the student's dean may request action on an allegation of cheating or plagiarism by a student. Any of the sanctions listed in Section 42 may be imposed after a finding of responsible. If the request comes from an instructor it shall be accompanied by a statement of position from the instructor's dean.

1.10 Records of Academic Dishonesty. Any record of scholastic integrity infractions where actions have been taken (i. e., assignment of an "F" on an assignment and notification of the student's dean, dean's authorization to assign an "F" for the course, referral to the University Student Discipline System) will be forwarded to the Office of Student Life. A cumulative file will be maintained in that office. The Dean of Students shall notify the student's dean of subsequent infractions.

For more information about this site, contact the Office of Student Life at (401) 874-2101.
File last updated: Wednesday, September 13, 2000