TAMIU Student Handbook 2022-2023

Page 54 of 92 1. Assess the situation and impose an academic sanction on the student. 2. Send a sanction letter to the student’s TAMIU email account, within 10 University business days of the discovery of the alleged violation and arrange for a conference with the student, if at all possible. 3. Copy the Provost, Chair, and Dean of the department, the Office of the Registrar, the Dean of the Graduate School (if the student is in graduate school), and the SCCE on the sanctioning letter (email). 4. Submit copies of course-work, and the source of academic violation, to the SCCE through the “Report It” system online within 10 University business days of the discovery of the alleged violation. All breaches of the Honor Code and violations of academic integrity must be reported to the SCCE through the Reporting System ( http://www.tamiu.edu/reportit ) within 10 University business days of the discovery of the alleged violation. Section 10.09 Responsibility of Academic Administrators and Staff Academic administrators and staff are expected to take proactive steps to promote academic integrity including, but not limited to: Academic administrators and staff are expected to provide support to the faculty and the students in enforcing the Honor Code. Specifically, they should encourage faculty to be proactive in informing students about the Honor Code and in teaching students appropriate ways to conduct and acknowledge research. Academic Administrators should also provide strong support to faculty who are appropriately and fairly enforcing the Honor Code. Staff, which includes graduate assistant teaching (GAT), graduate assistant research (GAR) and graduate assistant non-teaching (GANT), must report allegation of academic violation to the faculty of record in which the alleged misconduct occurred. Information shared with the Office of Student Counseling and Disability Services is confidential. Section 10.10 Student Reporting Academic Violation Students must report academic violation to the Honor Council through the SCCE or to the faculty of the course in which the alleged violation occurred. Initiating formal procedures is a necessary and obligatory remedy when other methods are inappropriate or have failed (e.g., drawing attention to a suspected violation, peer pressure, etc.). If a student is alleged to have violated the Honor Code but the class, department, and faculty cannot be identified, charges may be brought by anyone who has knowledge of the violation.