Academic Integrity
Students at Front Range Community College are expected to demonstrate honesty, responsibility, and ethical behavior in all academic work. Academic integrity is essential to maintaining educational excellence, fairness, and a learning environment built on trust. Violations include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, cheating, unauthorized collaboration, misuse of academic materials or technology, falsification or misrepresentation of information, and assisting another student in violating academic standards.
When academic dishonesty is suspected, the instructor will notify the student and follow the college’s established formal student conduct process. Faculty determine appropriate course-level consequences, which may range from a warning or assignment penalty to course failure. Depending on the circumstances, additional institutional consequences may be imposed by the Dean of Student Development, up to and including dismissal from the college. Students have the right to appeal final grades and disciplinary sanctions in accordance with applicable college policies.
Students should review their course syllabus for specific academic integrity expectations and consequences and consult their instructor with questions. Suspected academic misconduct or other student conduct concerns may be reported by anyone through the college’s established reporting process.