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P O L I C I E S, P R O C E D U R E S, A N D
R E G U L A T I O N S
5. Responsibility of the
Office of the Registrar
and the Office of the
Dean of Students – The
Office of the Registrar and
the Office of the Dean of
Students shall receive and
maintain comprehensive
records of all matters relating
to violations of the
Academic Honor Code.
The Office of the Registrar
will receive a copy of the
decision letter completed
by the dean of the college,
to be included in the student’s
academic record.
E. Reporting and
Adjudication Procedures
1. An infraction of the
Academic Honor Code may be
reported by any member of the
University community who
has knowledge of such infraction.
The infraction should be
reported to the instructor of the
course in which it occurred,
where applicable. Such a
report should be made within
five (5) class days from the
time of discovery unless extenuating
circumstances prevent
reporting.
2. Upon receiving a report of a
violation or having reasonable
evidence of a violation, the
instructor in charge of the
course or materials in question
will inform the department
chair or dean of the college in
writing. The department chair
or dean of the college will
investigate the reported violation.
The department chair or
dean of the college will inform
the student in writing of the
reported violation and will
request a written response
from the student. If necessary,
the department chair or dean
of the college will conduct an
interview with the student. The
department chair or dean of
the college will determine
whether the student violated
the Academic Honor Code.
a. If the student is found in
violation, the student will
receive an F grade in the
course. This grade will not
be recomputed for GPA
purposes. The department
chair or dean of the college
will notify the student in
writing of the decision. A
copy of the letter will be put
in the student’s academic
record and disciplinary file.
b. A student found in second
violation of the Academic
Honor Code will be
expelled from the
University.
3. If no action is taken by the
instructor, the reporting party
may file a written report of the
allegation of academic dishonesty
with the department chair
or dean of the college. The
department chair or dean of
the college will investigate the
reported violation. The investigative
process will be conducted
according to the provisions
in Section E-2 above.
F. Appeal Process
1. Where appropriate, a student
may appeal a finding of
academic dishonesty to the
dean of the College where the
course is offered within seven
(7) class days. The appeal
shall be in writing.
2. An appeal shall be limited
to review of the following:
a. To determine whether the
student received fundamental
fairness in the investigative
and decision-making
process.
b. To determine whether the
facts in the case were suffi
cient to establish that a violation
of the Academic
Honor Code occurred.
c. To consider relevant and
material new evidence.
STUDENT PLEDGES
In adopting this Honor Code,
students of Lawrence
Technological University recognize
that academic honesty
and integrity are fundamental
values of the University community.
The quality of a
Lawrence Tech education is
dependent upon the community
acceptance and enforcement
of the Honor Code. Students
who enroll at Lawrence Tech
commit to holding themselves
and their peers to the highest
standard of academic integrity.
An individual who becomes
aware of a violation of the
Honor Code has an obligation
to report this violation.
Members of the Lawrence
Technological University community
pledge to hold themselves
and their peers to the
highest standards of academic
honesty and integrity.
Undergraduate Students –
On all academic work submitted
by undergraduate students
at Lawrence Technological
University, the following
pledge is required:
“I have neither given nor
received unauthorized aid in
completing this work, nor have
I presented someone else’s
work as my own.”
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