Comparison of Policy between Seneca College and Humber College
One of the serious academic offences is plagiarism since plagiarism leads to breach of academic honesty. Plagiarism is concept that infringe the copyright. There are various ideas, concepts, and works related the copyright. If people want to reference another’s ideas, concepts, and works they should refer a citation where comes from. However, according to Parker, Lenhart, and Moore(2011), over half of college presidents announce plagiarist students have increased over a past decade. Although plagiarism is a serious academic offence, plagiarism is occurring among every academy. As such almost all academies have own policy regarding to academic honesty and details of explanation …show more content…
According to 2015-2016 Academic Policy (Seneca college, 2016), when students plagiarize, the professor will meet with that pupil and listen to student’s explanation. If the professor does not find reasons, a promotion committee will set on and review the circumstances of the incident. In contrast, Humber’s process is more organized since they have academic misconduct sanctions. According to Admission Requirements and Academic Regulations (Humber college, 2016), the section of 17.4 explain Humber’s sanctions. In particular, if students commit a serious academic offence, they will receive an academic misconduct letter. That letter clarify the outcomes of the review. They point out specific condition such as rescinding of Humber-funded scholarships or bursaries and making an application for readmission. In addition, they notice that “[S]anctions may be applied retroactively if an offence is discovered subsequent to completion of a course or after graduation.”(sec.17.4) Thus, Humber expresses rules related to results of different possibilities. Those strict rules can prohibit students from committing academic offences compared to …show more content…
Seneca states three steps of penalties. If students commit first offence, they get a grade of “0” on their works and second offence penalty also gives an “F” in the course to students. In addition, if student commit academic offences more than three times, they will withdraw from Seneca college for two years. On the other hand, Humber’s penalties is harsher than Seneca. If Humber students commit academic offences they get a grade of “0” on their work or course but also are recorded by the Office of the Register. Moreover, second offence may be included notation on the student’s academic record and transcript and students may follow the Office of the Registrar in order to remove the record of the offence no sooner than five years. According to Humber’s regulation, explains expulsion more specific as “[T]he record of expulsion is permanent, unless a petition to have the record expunged has been approved by the President.” (sec.17.7). Above mentioned Humber’s penalties are more strict and clear rather than Seneca’s penalties. That means is Humber can strongly prevent students from commit academic offences as
One of the serious academic offences is plagiarism since plagiarism leads to breach of academic honesty. Plagiarism is concept that infringe the copyright. There are various ideas, concepts, and works related the copyright. If people want to reference another’s ideas, concepts, and works they should refer a citation where comes from. However, according to Parker, Lenhart, and Moore(2011), over half of college presidents announce plagiarist students have increased over a past decade. Although plagiarism is a serious academic offence, plagiarism is occurring among every academy. As such almost all academies have own policy regarding to academic honesty and details of explanation …show more content…
According to 2015-2016 Academic Policy (Seneca college, 2016), when students plagiarize, the professor will meet with that pupil and listen to student’s explanation. If the professor does not find reasons, a promotion committee will set on and review the circumstances of the incident. In contrast, Humber’s process is more organized since they have academic misconduct sanctions. According to Admission Requirements and Academic Regulations (Humber college, 2016), the section of 17.4 explain Humber’s sanctions. In particular, if students commit a serious academic offence, they will receive an academic misconduct letter. That letter clarify the outcomes of the review. They point out specific condition such as rescinding of Humber-funded scholarships or bursaries and making an application for readmission. In addition, they notice that “[S]anctions may be applied retroactively if an offence is discovered subsequent to completion of a course or after graduation.”(sec.17.4) Thus, Humber expresses rules related to results of different possibilities. Those strict rules can prohibit students from committing academic offences compared to …show more content…
Seneca states three steps of penalties. If students commit first offence, they get a grade of “0” on their works and second offence penalty also gives an “F” in the course to students. In addition, if student commit academic offences more than three times, they will withdraw from Seneca college for two years. On the other hand, Humber’s penalties is harsher than Seneca. If Humber students commit academic offences they get a grade of “0” on their work or course but also are recorded by the Office of the Register. Moreover, second offence may be included notation on the student’s academic record and transcript and students may follow the Office of the Registrar in order to remove the record of the offence no sooner than five years. According to Humber’s regulation, explains expulsion more specific as “[T]he record of expulsion is permanent, unless a petition to have the record expunged has been approved by the President.” (sec.17.7). Above mentioned Humber’s penalties are more strict and clear rather than Seneca’s penalties. That means is Humber can strongly prevent students from commit academic offences as