麻豆APP

The Honor Code

The Honor Code at 麻豆APPis the College's policy that defines the expected standards of conduct in academic affairs. All students, upon admission to the college, pledge to abide by this Code, which applies to all assignments, examinations, and other academic exercises.

"As a member of the 麻豆APPCommunity, I will uphold the value of academic honesty that grounds our institution, and I will not lie, cheat, or steal."

The Pledge:

"On my honor, I have not violated the Honor Code in completing this work."

Submitting Charges for Academic Integrity

This form should only be used by faculty for submitting academic misconduct incidents for which a student has accepted responsibility for the alleged violation.


Honor Code Policies and Procedures

Effective with the 2025/26 academic year, there are changes in the policies and procedures for dealing with violations of the 麻豆APPHonor Code: Faculty and staff members will use the newly created Academic Integrity Form to report all incidents related to academic integrity/misconduct.

In matters involving academic dishonesty, the faculty member usually arranges a meeting with the student during which he/she/they notify the student of the charge and presents him, her or they with the findings.  

The should be completed for each instance of academic dishonesty. If the student admits responsibility and accepts the appropriate sanction, the outcome must be reported using the Academic Integrity Form.

If the student contests either the charge of academic dishonesty or the sanctions assigned, or at the discretion of the faculty member involved, such matters will be referred to the Honor Board, which may hear the matter and determine the outcome.

If the student is found responsible for a violation involving academic dishonesty, the Honor Board has access to the full range of sanctions, including recommendations for suspension or expulsion. Any student who has a pending charge of academic dishonesty may not drop the course in which the academic dishonesty is alleged to have occurred.

A second violation of the Honor Code—in any course—results in a hearing with the Honor Board.

All faculty will use the to report all instances of academic dishonesty which include but are not limited to:

  • Cheating: Cheating includes the intentional use of unauthorized materials, such as electronic devices which include smart phones, watches, or other electronic devices unless expressly permitted, information, notes, study aids or other devices or materials in any academic exercise or attempts thereof.
  • Plagiarism: Includes the copying of the language, structure, programming, computer code, ideas, and/or thoughts of another and passing off the same as one's own original work,
  • Falsification/Lying: Includes the statement of any untruth, either verbally or in writing, with respect to any element of one's academic work.
  • Unauthorized Collaboration or Collusion – The term refers to working with another or others in completing an academic exercise when the instructor or professor expressly require independent work.

The Process

  1. The Honor Board consists of two faculty members and a staff member appointed by the Office of the Associate Provost and two students appointed by the SGA president. The Board convenes as needed throughout the school year when a student declines to admit responsibility for violating the Honor code and requests a hearing to dispute an alleged violation or commits a second violation and faces suspension.
  2. Final appeals of Honor Board decisions will be directed to the Office of the Associate Provost. Honor Board decisions are based on whether the alleged student is more likely than not to have violated the Honor Code. Only members of the Honor Board will be present for deliberations after pertinent evidence has been introduced.
  3. Alleged students have the right to request that a trusted member of the college community serve as an advocate and advisor in Honor Board hearings, which are not courts of law and may not be attended by parents, legal counsel, or other witnesses.
  4. Each instance of academic dishonesty is treated as an individual violation of the Honor Code. While there will always be room for discretion by the Honor Board in awarding sanctions, a repeat (i.e., second) violation will normally trigger a suspension from the college; understandable exceptions may include inadvertent plagiarism in a course in which students are still learning directly about plagiarism and proper citation, such as in ENGL 1101: Rhetoric and Composition I, ENGL 1103: Critical Reading and Writing, or GEN ED 1200: First Year Seminar.
  5. Faculty members have the option of requiring students to write out and sign the Pledge on their examinations or written projects.

Grounds for an appeal shall be based any of the following:

  1. Procedural Error: A procedural error where the Honor Board did not administer the procedures in accordance with the published policies; so significant that it deprived the student of a fair disciplinary process.
  2. New Information/Evidence: New information or evidence sufficient to alter a decision or other relevant facts not brought out in the original hearing only if such information or facts were not known to the person appealing at the time of the hearing.
  3. Disproportionate Sanctions: The sanction(s) imposed is/are substantially disproportionate to the violation.

The Honor Code does not condone dishonorable actions within any sector of Catawba College. Such actions include academic dishonesty as well as social disrespect, and any action harmful to the 麻豆APPcommunity and its members. Violations of federal, state, and local law are also violations of the College’s Honor Code.

Sanctioning Guidelines

When it is determined by the faculty - student resolution, or the Honor Board hearing process that a student has violated the Honor Code, the following are examples of sanctions that may be applied. Individual faculty members determine the appropriate sanctions for violations in their courses.

Sanctions may range from:

  • a zero on an assignment, to
  • an additional partial or full-letter final grade reduction
  • to an “F” in the course
  • Suspension
  • Expulsion
  • Other

The Honor Board may assign additional sanctions — up to and including suspension from the College—as it sees fit. Typically, a second violation leads to suspension for the remainder of the semester in which the violation occurs, an “F” in the course in which the violation took place and a “W” in all other classes.

Suspended students must apply for re-admission to the College and be approved by the Honor Board. The Board and the Office of the Student Success maintain detailed records of all Honor Code violations and subsequent hearings and sanctions.

The Honor Board includes:

  • Andrew Jacobson (Faculty, Chair)
  • Mike Wilson (Faculty, Chair Emeritus)
  • Megan Flocken (Faculty)
  • Michael Frederick (Staff)
  • Reagan Brown (Student)
  • Mason McLain (Student)