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Admission to the college carries with it the expectation that students will conduct themselves as responsible members of the college community; that they will comply with the rules and regulations of the college; maintain high standards of integrity and honesty; respect the rights, privileges, and property of other members of the college community; and will not interfere with legitimate college affairs.
The Code
The college’s student conduct code is published in the Washington Administrative Code 132P-33 Students Rights and Responsibilities. A print version of the code is available from the Dean of Student Services’ office on the Yakima Campus and from the Student Services office on the Grandview Campus. The most current document is available at https://www.yvcc.edu/students/code-of-conduct/. The student conduct code describes student rights and responsibilities pertaining to the policies and procedures which govern students at YVC, including potential disputes.
Academic Dishonesty
Plagiarism: Buying, copying, borrowing, or otherwise plagiarizing another’s images, ideas, evidence, examples, opinions, or other original products or documents from published, unpublished, or electronic sources for the purpose of deceiving an instructor as to the product’s origin.
Plagiarism is “the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind and presenting it as one’s own” (MLS Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 4th Edition, p. 26). Plagiarism occurs when an author fails to give credit for someone else’s words, someone else’s examples, someone else’s ideas or opinions, statistics or other facts compiled by someone else, evidence or testimony taken from someone else’s argument, or an image from another artist.
YVC recognizes two types of plagiarism: intentional and unintentional. Intentional plagiarism is the dishonest act of appropriating another’s ideas, words, facts, opinions, or images intending to deceive others about the document’s origin. Any student found to have committed intentional plagiarism shall be subject to disciplinary actions provided for in the code for Students Rights and Responsibilities, WAC 132P-33
Students may also commit plagiarism without the intent to deceive. A student’s intent to deceive shall be considered when instructors evaluate an act of plagiarism. All forms of plagiarism which an instructor determines to be unintentional should be treated as instructional problems to be handled within the student-instructor relationship with the instructor following, but not limited by, the following penalty guidelines:
- Student must resubmit the assignment after instruction, but before an agreed-upon due date.
- Student can receive a lowered grade on the assignment, including F.
- Student can be advised to seek aid from the Writing Center or Tutoring Center as a condition for receiving a grade or resubmitting an assignment.
The instructor needs not take formal disciplinary action for unintentional plagiarism.
Complaints
The Dean of Student Services is available to help students resolve concerns about college services and employees. The Dean of Student Services or designee can assist with determining the appropriate supervisor(s) and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement. The college is committed to timely, informal resolution whenever possible.
If informal resolution does not satisfy the matter, students may submit the complaints in writing within 30 calendar days of the alleged act or events. Complaints made by a recognized student group must include a copy of the written minutes from the meeting in which the student group voted to file a formal complaint and signed by the president of the student group. More information is available at yvcc.edu/codeofconduct
Student Participation in Governance
As members of the college community, students will be free, individually and collectively, to express their views on college policy and on matters of general interest to the student body. The ASYVC Constitution and the college’s administrative procedures provide clear channels for student participation in the formulation and application of institutional policies regarding academic and student affairs. Individuals affected by a policy shall have a representative voice in the formulation of that policy.
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