The community of New England Culinary Institute is strongly committed to the integrity of the academic process; students are expected to uphold the standards of academic honesty at all times.
Academic dishonesty includes acts that compromise the integrity of the educational process at NECI. Any member of the academic community is encouraged to bring concerns regarding academic honesty to the instructor or to the Dean of Academics. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Plagiarism. This includes inadequate citation, copying portions of someone else’s work with only minor changes, or paraphrasing. Plagiarism may occur in the use of written or electronic resources.
- Submitting another student’s work as one’s own. This includes homework assignments, essays, online course work, or production journals that take any part of another student’s work.
- Incorrectly reporting hours or activities for self-documented requirements such as internship verification, production journals, and health and wellness or service learning assignments.
- Communicating in any way with another student during an exam, or using “cheat sheets” or comparable aids during a test.
- Handing in the same work for more than one class without the informed consent of both instructors.
- Unapproved use of translators for language courses. .
- Participating or assisting in any manner in acts constituting academic dishonesty.
Instructors who suspect academic dishonesty will generally meet individually with the student to seek resolution, document that meeting, and report the incident to the department chair. If the dishonesty requires a more formal response, the department chair and/or Dean of Academics will promptly call an Academic Judiciary Committee consisting of faculty and administrators. The Committee will make a recommendation regarding further disciplinary action; the Dean of Students will make the final determination. Depending on the severity of the offense, sanctions may include, but are not limited to, any combination of the following:
- Written warning
- Demerit
- Required repetition of questionable work
- Incomplete or zero grade on an assignment or in the course
- Disciplinary probation
- Required retake of the class
- Suspension for one or more terms
- Dismissal
All incidents of academic dishonesty are considered to be disciplinary violations and are recorded in the student’s academic file. At the discretion of the Academic Judiciary Committee, repeat offenses will result in elevated consequences, up to and including dismissal.
The following MLA style guides are used by both faculty and student to help avoid academic dishonesty:
MLA Citation Maker - Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN) Clearinghouse
Fill in the blanks and the site “makes” your citation.
MLA Citation Style - Long Island University
Color coded examples of correct bibliographic entries.
Reference Resources: Citation Guide, MLA Style - University of Arizona Library
Very clear simple samples of bibliographic entries.
