Academic Integrity | In This Guide

The University of Jamestown values self-discipline, responsibility, and the continuing growth of the individual.

To achieve these values, we strive to maintain an atmosphere of mutual trust between and among instructors and students. Through accident or intent, violations of academic integrity can be detrimental to our community and an individual’s growth.

The policy recognizes three main types of violations: cheating, inappropriate collaboration, and plagiarism.

1. Cheating involves misrepresenting knowledge or experience.
2. Inappropriate collaboration occurs when unauthorized assistance is provided to others, requested, or received while completing an assessment. Unauthorized use of generative AI can constitute inappropriate collaboration.
3. Plagiarism is the use of words, ideas, or data from a source other than yourself without providing clear acknowledgment. Plagiarism can occur both accidentally and intentionally.

The Academic Integrity Policy also recognizes the presence of generative artificial intelligence tools, both in an academic setting and in our broader society. The Generative AI Guiding Principles provide a foundation for students and instructors for the responsible use of AI. The guidelines include:

• Instructors should provide clear direction regarding generative artificial intelligence within the course syllabus as to what is, and is not, acceptable.
• Students must acknowledge the use of generative artificial intelligence tools in their work when it is allowed within a course.