Academic Honesty

Oakwood University is dedicated to scholastic integrity. Consequently, students of the university are required to maintain high Christian standards of honesty. If students are found or suspected of engaging in any of the following types of academic misconduct, the procedures set forth in this policy will be implemented.

Types of Academic Dishonesty:

  1. Dishonesty in testing (e.g., copying from another student’s paper, using unauthorized materials, or collaborating with any other person without authority from the instructor during an examination; stealing test materials; obtaining test information prior, during, or after an administered examination; or any other form of test dishonesty).
  2. Plagiarism—defined as unacknowledged use of another’s work (e.g., submitting any written, oral, aesthetic, computer, or laboratory work prepared totally or in part by another person; such work need not be copyrighted).
  3. Any other practice deemed by the University as academic misconduct not listed above.