Academic dishonesty or academic misconduct is any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise. However, there are many rules you should follow, but there might be different ones in different occasions.

Plagiarism → A work represent another person’s idea without citing
Cheating → Students attempts to misrepresent academic skills or knowledge through use of unauthorized materials on exams /assignments
Fabrication → Misrepresentation or invention of any work, intentional
Duplication → Copy and Paste of original work into your own work
Collusion → Aid and abet another student to be dishonest

Into the 3 student handbook I’ve researched about, including Kaohsiung American School as one, it is based on Transparency, Appropriateness, Formal Submission
Consequences: Academic Probation (no after school and extracurricular activities and referral to Student Services Team), Formal Conference with parents, 0 credit for course or marked incomplete, report to a university (affect your college application after graduation), withdrawal from KAS, or other consequences at superintendent’s decision.

In Basis Charter School, comparing to KAS, it is less severe consequences than KAS, its consequences are 0 credit for assignment or quiz only. Collusion, fabrication, and duplication not included. Adding to more, no other consequences applied, it is withdrawal for other disciplinary violations.

The Lawrenceville School is pretty much similar with the student handbook of KAS, and the violations are taken very seriously. A violation can be put on a student’s permanent record or transcript and can impact on how their college application will succeed or not.

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