Protecting Your Academic Reputation: Understanding Academic Misconduct at NJIT

As you pursue your academic career at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, it is important to understand and abide by its policies on academic integrity. Violations of these policies can lead to severe penalties that impact not only your academic performance but also your future prospects.

What Is Considered Academic Misconduct?

Academic misconduct refers to disciplinary infractions related to coursework. NJIT aims to ensure that all students have an equal chance of obtaining their degrees and that they are fully qualified upon graduation. As such, it prohibits various forms of academic misconduct.

Cheating

Cheating involves using unauthorized materials in completing coursework assignments or exams. This includes copying another students work or breaking into a professor’s office and stealing an exam.

Contract Cheating

This form of misconduct involves seeking unlawful help from a third-party on an assignment such as buying papers online, paying someone else to take a test for you, among others.

Fabrication

Falsifying sources and lab results constitutes fabrication. It also includes activities like signing a classmates name on the attendance log or forging testimonials like doctors notes.

Plagiarism

This policy forbids submitting another person’s work or ideas as your own without acknowledging the source. It also applies to images, videos, music, computer code among others.

Unauthorized Collaboration

You cannot collaborate with another student unless permission has been granted.

It is essential to note that this is not an exhaustive list and individual course instructors may have additional guidelines regarding what constitutes academic misconduct in their classes.

Penalties for Academic Misconduct

NJITs policy outlines the possible sanctions for each offense category:
-** Level 1**: These unintentional/petty offenses attract written warnings or failure on the assignment.
– **Level 2:** Deliberate offenses such as copying lab reports earn punishments like failure in the course or suspension.
– **Level 3**: Pre-meditated actions like submitting another students work as your own invites transcript notation denoted XF which warns anyone reviewing your academic records that you were caught cheating.
– **Level 4**: Such violations are considered serious infringements of the policy and can result in indefinite expulsion.

Violations may originate from instructors and reported to the Office of the Dean of Students. The Dean might ask for an investigation by faculty or personal representation, depending on the severity of the case.

Legal Representation in Academic Misconduct Cases

When facing allegations, obtaining legal support could save your academic career. Only qualified attorneys help protect students rights against NJITs judicial procedures in administrative hearings, disciplinary hearings, religious-academic proceedings,, or plagiarism disputes.

The Spodek Law Group has unyielding expertise with years of successful experiences in handling all types of academic misconduct cases at NJIT across the country. If charged with any academic infringement, consider a professional consultation with Todd Spodek directly who will guide you through the techniques best suited for your submissions.

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