Academic Honesty

The full academic integrity policy is available in the Office of Academic Affairs.

The Hartwick College community considers integrity a core value in all of its activities, holding all of its members accountable to this value. Moreover, the knowledge taught by and developed by faculty members is the core worth of the institution and the precise reason students choose to attend. Therefore no aspect of the College is of greater importance than the maintenance of the highest level of academic honesty and integrity because students’ work reflects their understanding and actualization of this knowledge. Academic Integrity is seen as the soundness and completeness of a student’s work representing their own individual capacity and effort. Academic misconduct is understood to be taking an action or actions that create any unfair precedence that misrepresents a student’s demonstrable academic abilities. Conduct that violates academic integrity is not tolerated by the college. Violations of the standard of academic integrity are serious in nature and will result in consequences and disciplinary action. The college supports a restorative justice paradigm that seeks to educate students about integrity as part of their learning process.