GENERAL INFORMATION
WRITING GUIDELINES
At a minimum, all courses at Franklin University will follow these writing guidelines. Program Chairs or Lead Faculty of General Education courses do have the option of creating specific guidelines for their program or course that strengthen these minimum guidelines.
• Adherence to APA Documentation Style (To include in-text citations and reference list)
• Adherence to APA Paper Format (To include double- spacing, 1 inch margins, 12 point serif font [e.g., Times New Roman, Courier], and page numbers in top right corner)
• Adherence to APA Writing Skills (To include proper grammar and correct spelling and punctuation)
TURNITIN.COM
Turnitin.com is used by Franklin University to assist students and faculty in detecting plagiarism. In many assignments, the student will be required to submit a paper to
turnitin.com. By submitting the paper ahead of the assignment deadline, the student will have time to take corrective action if feedback from
turnitin.com indicates a plagiarism match. A plagiarism match occurs when
turnitin.com sees a word-for-word match between the work submitted and a part of another paper, website, or article in its database. Faculty are encouraged to use turnitin. com as a learning tool for students. All material submitted to the website is encrypted. The student’s paper is seen only by the student and the instructor. Any copyrights or intellectual capital that is associated with the paper remains with the student.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The purpose of education is to advance one’s own intellectual skills and knowledge and to demonstrate the outcomes of these efforts. An essential and shared value in higher education is presenting one’s own work and properly acknowledging that of others. Any violation of this principle constitutes a violation of academic integrity and is liable to result in a charge(s) of academic dishonesty. Forms of academic dishonesty include, but are not limted to:
• Plagiarism — submitting all or part of another’s work as one’s own in an academic exercise, such as an examination, computer program, or written assignment.
Some examples of plagiarism:
1. Failure to use APA standards to properly cite the work of others.
2. Cutting and pasting from other sources without citation. 3. Recycling one’s own work in a different class without citation. 4. Submitting a purchased term paper, in whole or in part.
• Cheating — using or attempting to use unauthorized materials (e.g., books, notes, wireless devices) on an examination or assignment, improperly obtaining, or attempting to obtain, copies of an examination or answers to an examination, or using a false name or email address on a test or assignment.
• Facilitating Academic Dishonesty — helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty, such as substituting for an examination or completing an assignment for someone else or making assignments available for another student to copy.
• Fabrication — altering or transmitting, without authorization, academic information or records.
I. Reporting a Charge of Academic Dishonesty If a faculty member determines that a student has violated the Academic Integrity Policy the faculty member will provide the student with notification of the charge of academic dishonesty through Franklin University email within seven (7) calendar days after discovery of the incident occurs and followed by certified mail delivery to the student’s address on record. The written charge will include the particular allegation; names of other participants or witness(es) where appropriate; and the date, time, location and other relevant circumstances of the incident.
A disciplinary notation for academic dishonesty will be entered on the student’s academic record by the University Registrar.
II. Penalties for Academic Dishonesty A. First Incident
The Lead Faculty member and the course faculty member will determine the penalty for the first incident, with the penalty ranging from a score of zero on the particular item being submitted to a failing grade in the class depending on the severity of the incident and the intent of the student. The student may also be required to complete a workshop on appropriate citation and referencing conducted by the Student Learning Center.
A subsequent incident of academic dishonesty in the same class will result in a failing grade in the class and, in combination with the first charge, will be recorded as a single incident on the student’s academic record.
A violation of the Academic Integrity Policy will result in the removal of the student’s option to withdraw from the class to avoid a failing grade. Administration may also place a hold on a student account during the investigation of a violation of academic integrity and/or retroactively change a grade due to the severity of the incident.
For undergraduate students, a violation of the Academic Integrity Policy may eliminate the student from consideration for academic honors; specifically, Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, or Cum Laude. A panel of University faculty will evaluate the incident of academic dishonesty and will make the final determination on the student’s eligibility for academic honors.
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