Academic Integrity Sanctioning Guidelines

Beginning on September 25th, 2017 UC San Diego will use new Administrative Sanctioning Guidelines (“Guidelines”) to respond to academic integrity violations. The Guidelines were developed by a working group composed of faculty, students and administration and approved by the College Provosts & Deans of Student Affairs, the Dean of Undergraduate Education, Dean of Graduate Division, and Academic Senate. The Guidelines create a structured, consistent and educational response to integrity violations and provide students and faculty an indication of likely sanctions to occur while still allowing for professional judgment by our professional administrators. The new Guidelines can be found at this link:

Academic Integrity Sanctioning Guidelines

Please note that these guidelines also allow for “Professional Judgement” that means if you are technically supposed to receive a certain sanction but find your point value to be right on the margin – your AAA may deviate from the guidelines to give you a lighter sanction. This especially may apply for students who have visa and financial aid concerns, so be sure to communicate these concerns to your Dean so they can take them into consideration when sanctioning!

If you would like to know what kind of sanction you may be facing for a given violation, please book an appointment with an advocate and we can walk you through the guidelines!


Academic Integrity Process


I just got an email from AIO saying I may have violated Academic Integrity… What should I do?


1.) Schedule a meeting with your AAA It is very important that you schedule this meeting as soon as possible to avoid being “assumed to accept responsibility” because you didn’t respond to the email. Reminder that you do not need the meeting to happen within 5 business days from the email, but you will need to reach out to schedule your meeting within 5 business days. This means that you can get an email from AIO, book an appointment with an AS Advocate, then schedule the meeting with your AAA to take place after you’ve met with an advocate.

2.) Request Documentation Fill out the form at this link, and AIO will send you all the information your Instructor has submitted with their report. This will help you understand exactly what you are being accused of! You should receive the documentation within 2-3 business days of filling it out.

2.) Book an appointment with an advocate We can help you understand the process, what options you have, and what options might be best for you given your situation.


Meeting with your AAA

The purpose of this meeting is for you to understand everything your Professor has provided to AIO, tell your side of the story, and then decide whether to accept or deny responsibility. You do not need to prepare anything for this meeting, and it is low stress! Please book an appointment with us if you have further questions, and here is a helpful graphic with more information.

 


Review Process

If you contest your allegation (deny responsibility), this means you have not violated academic integrity – and a Review Panel will look at your case to determine whether they think it is more likely than not that you violated the policy. Here is a basic graphic explaining how the Review Board will decide your case:

Please note that Reviews do NOT address sanction concerns, and they do not consider intent. If you violated the policy but didn’t mean to, that is something you should communicate with your AAA. If you have concerns about your sanctions, you should communicate this with your Dean of Student Affairs as they will be determining your sanctions. Review Boards cannot address these issues because they are only deciding: Did a violation occur?

If you are preparing for Review and need help, please book an appointment with us! We can explain the process, advise you on whether Review is a good option, help you prepare documentation, and even attend your Review if you are going through the AIR II process.

For basic process information you can email us at asadvocacy@ucsd.edu, but if you would like to tell us details of your case and get personalized help – please book an appointment with an advocate!