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SELECT GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICIES

(To access all Board Policies and Administrative Regulations go to www.glendale.edu/boardpoliciesandadministrativeregulations)

ACADEMIC FREEDOM POLICY to respect the dignity of others, to acknowledge their
right to express diff ering opinions, and to foster and
The Board of Trustees of Glendale Community College defend intellectual honesty, in instruction and counseling,
affi rms that institutions of higher education are conducted
for the common good and not to further the interest of and expression on and off campus. In addition, faculty are
responsible for but not limited to policies and procedures
either the individual faculty member or the institution as
a whole. The common good depends upon the free search defi ned in board policy, administrative regulations, and the
employment contract between the district and the Guild.
for truth and its exposition.
Academic freedom is essential to these purposes and applies Students are entitled to an atmosphere conducive to learning
and to even-handed treatment in all aspects of the faculty-
to all disciplines. Freedom in research is fundamental to the student relationship.(BP 4030)
advancement of truth. Academic freedom in all disciplines
is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the faculty POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY
and the student. It carries with it duties correlative with College study is the process of acquainting students with
rights, regardless of employment status. values and procedures central to scholarship. All students
The academic community “is a questioner, a worrier, a critic, are expected to do their own work. All forms of cheating
and idealist, seeking a better way toward human aspiration and plagiarism are absolutely forbidden. This is the offi cial
and fulfi llment.” Academic freedom is essential for the policy of Glendale Community College.
maintenance of excellence in education, and moreover, The following behaviors serve as an operational description
exists so that society may have benefi ts of objective and of student violations of academic honesty:
independent criticism, and honest answers to scientifi c, 1. The student takes or copies answers from another student
social and artistic questions that might otherwise be or source or uses unauthorized materials during a test.
withheld for fear of off ending an infl uential social group 2. The student turns in an assignment (labs, art projects,
or transient social attitude. Accordingly, there shall be homework, prewritten or purchased papers, or work
no adverse consequences to employment status (hiring, downloaded from the Internet) which is not his/her own.
promotion, and retention) as a result of expressions 3. The student uses words or ideas which are not his/her
protected by academic freedom. own without acknowledgment of the source (plagiarism).
Academic Freedom 4. The student knowingly deceives an instructor with the
Faculty members are entitled to full freedom in research intent to improve his/her standing in class.
and in the publication of the results, subject to the adequate 5. The student submits the same paper or project previously
performance of their other academic duties; but research for submitted in another class without the permission of the
pecuniary return should be based upon an understanding current instructor.
with the authorities of the institution. 6. The student depends upon tools or assistance prohibited
Faculty are entitled to freedom in discussing their subject, by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports,
solving problems, or carrying out other assignments.
but they should be careful not to introduce into their 7. The student acquires, without permission, tests or other
teaching controversial matter which has no relation to academic materials belonging to a member of the GCC
their subject. College faculty are members of a learned faculty or staff .
profession, and offi cers of an educational institution. When When a student engages in academic dishonesty, faculty have
they communicate as individuals, they should be free from the option of requiring the student to see a college counselor
institutional censorship or discipline, but their special or assigning a lower or failing (F) for the assignment.
position in the community imposes special obligations. As
scholars and educational offi cers, they should remember that Violations of this policy will be reported to the Vice President
the public may judge their profession and their institution by of Instruction and will become part of the Glendale College
their utterances. Hence they should at all times be accurate, Cheating Incident fi le, unless the instructor fi nds compelling
should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect reasons not to report a violation. The Vice President of
for the opinions of others, and should make every eff ort Instruction may then impose sanctions authorized by
to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution. Administrative Regulation 5420. The sanctions include,
Faculty are entitled to due process, where applicable under but are not limited to, issuing a reprimand, suspending the
the provision of the Guild contract, and where applicable student for up to ten days of instruction, and/or requesting
under the Grievance Procedure as conducted under the a hearing by the Campus Judicial Board to see if the student
provisions of Board policy 4050. should be suspended, or permanently expelled from the
college.
Academic Responsibility The student has the right of due process for all the
Membership in the academic community imposes on above sanctions.
students, faculty members, and administrators an obligation

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