Trial Division - ss. B.i.1(b), B.i.1(d) of Code - plagiarism and unauthorized aid - student plagiarised parts of paper in one course and obtained unauthorized assistance for paper in another course - student not in attendance - agreed statement of facts - guilty plea - joint submission on penalty - submission accepted with modification to ensure notation on transcript not permanent - zero on courses, three year suspension, notation on transcript for four years or until graduation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld
Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) of Code - plagiarism - student submitted essay worth 20% with substantial unattributed copying - student did not appear at hearing - proceeding in student's absence on basis of e-mail service - finding of guilt - zero on course, two year suspension, three year notation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld
Trial Division - s. B.i.1(a) and s. B.i.1(d) of Code – forged documents – plagiarism - forged reference letter in scholarship application – unattributed ideas in assignment – Agreed Statement of Facts - guilty plea – consideration of Mr. C. factors relevant to expulsion - second chance principle - premeditated calculating deliberate and intentional acts – final grade of zero in the two courses where the Student submitted the plagiarized assignments; recommendation that the Student be expelled; suspension pending expulsion; permanent notation on transcript; report to Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism and unauthorized aid – Student plagiarized and obtained unauthorized assistance for two essays in the Course – though the Panel made no explicit finding that the second essay was purchased, the evidence clearly showed that it was a custom written essay not written by the Student, and it was therefore reasonable to infer that it was purchased – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – grade assignment of zero in the Course; recommendation of expulsion; permanent notation of the expulsion on the Student’s academic record if the recommendation is accepted; 5-year suspension and notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript pending the Governing Council’s decision on expulsion; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – group work - Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – two prior academic offences – mitigating factors include assignment was only worth 15% of the final grade in the course, student pleaded guilty which obviated need for University to prove student’s contribution to group work, student cooperated with discipline process - Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the course; suspension of two years; sanction recorded on academic record and transcript for three years; report to the Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – passages copied from internet and textbook sources without attribution or citation – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 4-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript for one year following the date on which he graduates from the University or withdraws or is terminated from his program; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism and unauthorized aid – majority of Student’s assignment identical to that of another student – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – not necessary to determine which student drafted the original contents of the assignment provided it is clear that the students collaborated or knew that the work was being used for assistance – University submission on penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 2-year suspension; 3-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported 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 – plagiarism on multiple exams – Joint Submission on Penalty – not first offence – Student admitted guilt and cooperated throughout – Joint Submission on Penalty – without JSP the Panel would have been inclined to give a greater punishment – grade of zero in course; four-year suspension; five-year notation; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – laboratory assignments contained text copied from website – consequences of plagiarism for ‘draft’ assignments – finding of guilt – no prior offences – no evidence of extenuating circumstances – no mitigating evidence – not having been previously engaged in a discipline process not a mitigating factor – participating in discipline process but denying wrongdoing not akin to ‘cooperation’ – distinction between a student who commits a second offence after imposition of an academic discipline process resulting in a guilty finding and a student who commits multiple infractions prior to the imposition of a first academic process - grade assignment of zero in two courses; two-year suspension; three year notation on transcript; and report to the Provost.
Trial Division - ss. B.i.1(a) and B.i.1(d) of Code - forged or falsified test - plagiarism - student submitted an altered test for remarking - student copied unattributed text in paper - agreed statement of facts - finding of guilt - joint submission on penalty - zero on courses, three year suspension, four year notation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld