UWS 14.03(1)(b) (b) Uses unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic exercise;

UWS 14.03(1)(c) (c) Forges or falsifies academic documents or records;

UWS 14.03(1)(d) (d) Intentionally impedes or damages the academic work of others;

UWS 14.03(1)(e) (e) Engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student’s academic performance; or

UWS 14.03(1)(f) (f) Assists other students in any of these acts.

UWS 14.03(2) (2) Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to: cheating on an examination; collaborating with others in work to be presented, contrary to the stated rules of the course; submitting a paper or assignment as one’s own work when a part or all of the paper or assignment is the work of another; submitting a paper or assignment that contains ideas or research of others without appropriately identifying the sources of those ideas; stealing examinations or course materials; submitting, if contrary to the rules of a course, work previously presented in another course; tampering with the laboratory experiment or computer program of another student; knowingly and intentionally assisting another student in any of the above, including assistance in an arrangement whereby any work, classroom performance, examination or other activity is submitted or performed by a person other than the student under whose name the work is submitted or performed.

UWS 14.03 History History: Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89.

UWS 14.04 UWS 14.04 Disciplinary sanctions.

UWS 14.04(1) (1) The following are the disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed for academic misconduct in accordance with the procedures of s. UWS 14.05, 14.06 or 14.07:

UWS 14.04(1)(a) (a) An oral reprimand;

UWS 14.04(1)(b) (b) A written reprimand presented only to the student;

UWS 14.04(1)(c) (c) An assignment to repeat the work, to be graded on its merits;

UWS 14.04(1)(d) (d) A lower or failing grade on the particular assignment or test;

UWS 14.04(1)(e) (e) A lower grade in the course;

UWS 14.04(1)(f) (f) A failing grade in the course;

UWS 14.04(1)(g) (g) Removal of the student from the course in progress;

UWS 14.04(1)(h) (h) A written reprimand to be included in the student’s disciplinary file;

UWS 14.04(1)(i) (i) Disciplinary probation; or

UWS 14.04(1)(j) (j) Suspension or expulsion from the university.

UWS 14.04(2) (2) One or more of the disciplinary sanctions listed in sub. (1) may be imposed for an incident of academic misconduct.

UWS 14.04 History History: Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89.

UWS 14.05 UWS 14.05 Disciplinary sanction imposed at the discretion of the instructor.

UWS 14.05(1) (1) Where an instructor concludes that a student enrolled in one of his or her courses has engaged in academic misconduct in the course, the instructor for that course may impose one or more of the following disciplinary sanctions, as listed under s. UWS 14.04 (1) (a) through (c):

UWS 14.05(1)(a) (a) An oral reprimand;

UWS 14.05(1)(b) (b) A written reprimand presented only to the student; or

UWS 14.05(1)(c) (c) An assignment to repeat the work, to be graded on its merits.

UWS 14.05(2) (2) No disciplinary sanction may be imposed under this section unless the instructor promptly offers to discuss the matter with the student. The purpose of this discussion is to permit the instructor to review with the student the bases for his or her belief that the student engaged in academic misconduct, and to afford the student an opportunity to respond.

UWS 14.05(3) (3) A student who receives a disciplinary sanction under this section has the right to a hearing before the academic misconduct hearing committee under s. UWS 14.08 to contest the determination that academic misconduct occurred, or the disciplinary sanction imposed, or both. If the student desires such a hearing, he or she must file a written request with the student affairs officer within 10 days of imposition of the disciplinary sanction by the instructor.

UWS 14.05 History History: Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89.