Students are expected to observe at all times the highest ethical standards as members of the academic community. Any form of dishonesty makes a student liable to severe sanctions, including expulsion from the College.

In cases where a student is accused of a violation of ethical standards in academic matters, the professor, in consultation with the academic dean, shall determine the penalty up to failure in the course. Further sanctions, such as suspension or expulsion from the College, shall be determined by the academic dean. A second case of violating ethical standards will result in suspension and may be cause for expulsion. Students should note particularly the following four specific policies:

1.Examination Regulations-Students are expected to be familiar with the regulations that are posted before each semester examination period. Violation of any of these regulations makes a student liable to penalties ranging from failure in the examination to expulsion from the College.

2. Cheating-A student who cheats on any examination is liable for penalties ranging from failure in the examination to expulsion from the College.

3. Plagiarism-Plagiarism is the attempt to fulfill an academic requirement by using the ideas, words or work of another person and representing them as one's own. Academic conventions dictate that students and scholars must acknowledge the source of phrases and ideas that are not their own. Many ideas and phrases are so familiar that they have become the common property of all; these obviously require no documentation. However, the use of ideas or phrases that are clearly original with another author requires that the appropriate credit be given to the original author.

Plagiarism undermines that basic relationship of trust that must exist between teacher and student and among students for the educational process to work. For this reason, the minimum penalty for plagiarism is failure of the course. Further sanctions such as suspension or expulsion from the College may be imposed. For this reason, the minimum penalty for plagiarism is failure of the course. Further sanctions such as suspension or expulsion from the College may be imposed. For details regarding plagiarism, The Confident Writer: A Norton Handbook is available at the College bookstore.

4. Assignments-Student work (e.g., research projects, term papers) submitted to fulfill the requirements of one course may not be submitted to fulfill the requirements of another course.

A student who wishes to exercise the right of appeal in these matters may request the academic vice president to convene a Review Board, whose authority is limited to investigating and determining the facts. This board will be convened only if a student alleges that the facts of the case are in question. Board membership will consist of three faculty members and one nonvoting faculty member to serve as chair. These members will be appointed by the president of the Faculty Senate.

In addition, at the student's request, two students may be appointed as nonvoting members of the board by the president of the Student Senate in consultation with the chair of the Academic Affairs Committee of that body.

Le Moyne College students who write papers for courses in the subject areas listed below should follow the format prescribed by the Modern Language Association in the M.L.A. Handbook (1977 edition):

The recommendations in the M.L.A. Handbook on the mechanics and format of the research paper are based on the practices required by college teachers throughout the United States and Canada.

Copies of the M.L.A. Handbook are sold in the campus store.

Students majoring in a discipline that has its own format for professional writing must learn and use that format when writing papers for courses in these fields.

A transcript for work completed at Le Moyne College may be obtained by writing to: Registrar, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, N.Y. 13214-1399. The cost of a transcript is $5. In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, telephone requests for transcripts will not be granted nor will grades be given over the telephone.

Le Moyne College, in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, has implemented procedures for the review and/or challenge of student records. The institutional policy is published in the document Le Moyne College Policy Regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This document may be obtained through the office of the registrar.

Le Moyne College reports every year to the New York State Department of Education data pertaining to graduation rates for full-time, first time students. Information for each entering class reflects graduation rates over a standard reporting period of five years. The following table* indicates graduation rates for five years for the last five classes of students for which information is available. (Data source: New York State Department of Education Form 2.9 for the years 1993-96).