2. Expectations of Student Conduct
• Florida State College is dedicated to maintaining an
environment which fosters student success. The
College endeavors to protect the rights of students
and also expects all students to act responsibly.
• Attendance at the College is a privilege, and in order
to maintain the College ideals of
scholarship, character, and personality, the right is
reserved by the College to establish rules and
regulations to foster these ideals and protect the
interest of the College. Each student is subject to
federal and state laws, respective county and
municipal ordinances, and all rules and regulations
of the College.
3. Academic Dishonesty
• Cheating, which is defined as the giving or taking of any
information or material with the intent of wrongfully aiding one’s
self or another in academic work considered in the determination of
course grade or the outcome of a standardized test.
• Plagiarism, which is defined as the act of stealing or passing off as
one’s own work the words, ideas or conclusions of another as if the
work submitted were the product of one’s own thinking rather than
an idea or product derived from another source.
• Any other form of inappropriate behavior, which may
include but is not limited to: falsifying records or data, lying,
unauthorized copying, tampering, abusing or otherwise unethically
using computer or other stored information, and any other act or
misconduct which may reasonably be deemed to be a part of this
heading.
4. Actions for Student Misconduct
1.Verbally warn the student that continuation or
repetition of misconduct of this nature may be cause
for further disciplinary action.
2.Require the student to retake the test or rewrite the
assignment.
3.Require the student to withdraw from the course.
4.Fail the student for the assignment.
5.Fail the student for the course.
6.Refer the student(s) to the campus Dean of Student
Success for possible suspension or dismissal.
5. Reference
• Florida State College at Jacksonville Retrieved
June 12, 2012 from
http://floridastatecollegecatalog.fscj.edu/conten
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