Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism, unauthorized aid, and academic dishonesty – course work purchased from commercial provider of essays – failed to attribute ideas and expressions from an academic source – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior academic offence – mitigating factors of using only four paragraphs of the Purchased Essay and personal issues – aggravating factor of previous academic offence – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 5-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until her graduation from the University; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and B.i.3(b) of the Code – student does not appear – plagiarism – no past misconduct – grade of zero in course; two-year suspension; three-year notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – Student used significant portions others’ work without attribution, too extensive to be done accidentally – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 2-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until his graduation; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – plagiarism and forged documents – Student appropriated verbatim text from academic sources – Student altered Verification of Illness form to extend the projected illness end date – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior academic offence of plagiarism – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero; 3-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until her graduation; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – Student not at hearing – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – uncited material in paper – Student does not respond to messages – finding of guilt – grade of zero in the course; two-year suspension; academic record notation until graduation; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b), s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – student does not appear – unauthorized assistance – plagiarism not made out – no past misconduct – Mr. C factors used in penalty escalation from decanal to tribunal level – grade of zero in course; six-month suspension; two-year notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – Agreed Statement of Facts – Student request that hearing proceed in her absence – two prior sanctions – Student cooperative – grade of zero in the course; suspension of four years commencing the date of the Order; notation on transcript until graduation; case reported to the Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – misrepresentation and plagiarism – Student does not appear at department meeting or Tribunal hearing – no evidence of insight or remorse – grade of zero in course; two year suspension; notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) and s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – unauthorized aids and plagiarism – purchase and use of course materials from a previous year– submission of assignment with copied answers from report previously submitted – sale of course materials to two students leading to unauthorized assistance in their academic work – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea accepted in part – insufficient evidence to prove one charge of s. B.i.1(d) - one prior incident not rising to level of prior offence because no penalty had been imposed when these offences were committed – family and financial concerns – suggested penalty contested by student but with no alternative – grade of zero in course; suspension five years; recommendation of expulsion; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(e) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – alteration of test prior to remarking – plagiarism – credit previously obtained – Student not present, representative present – Agreed Statement of Facts – Joint Submission on Penalty – guilty plea – additional offence committed between offence and hearing – one prior offence – Student permitted to write a deferred examination – grade of zero in the course; five-year suspension; five-year transcript notation; report to Provost for publication; Panel to deal with implementation issues of deferred exam