The NYU Shanghai Academic Standards Committee reviews student records throughout the academic year. All of its actions are based on the grades to date at the end of the term. Academic Warning
Students with cumulative grade point averages of 2.0 to 2.25 will receive an academic warning letter reflecting the committee's specific recommendations for achieving an appropriate standard for academic performance. Students who are on academic warning are invited and encouraged to participate in the Academic Support Program to support them in improving their GPA.
Academic Probation
Any student whose record is deemed unsatisfactory will be placed on academic probation and will be so informed by letter. A record will be deemed unsatisfactory if, in any semester, the cumulative or semester grade point average falls below 2.0 or if it fails to show steady and substantial progress toward the degree. Steady and substantial progress toward the degree entails the completion, with satisfactory grades, of more than half of the courses (and points) for which a student registers in any semester. In addition, it entails satisfactory progress in the student's major.
Failure to satisfy the conditions of probation will result in further academic sanctions and possibly dismissal from the University. The conditions usually require that the student (a) achieve a grade point average of at least 2.0 during the term he or she is on probation, (b) not receive any grade below a C or any grade of I, and (c) not withdraw from any course without securing the permission of the NYU Shanghai Academic Standards Committee prior to the withdrawal. Students on academic probation are also required to have a special probation interview with their advisor to receive registration clearance for the next semester. More specific requirements may be imposed.
The NYU Shanghai Academic Standards Committee may summon students with
unsatisfactory records to discuss their problems and to determine whether and under what conditions they may continue at NYU Shanghai. In special circumstances, the committee may recommend to the Dean that students may be granted or placed on leave for a period not to exceed two semesters.
Students on academic probation may not engage in any co-curricular activities and may not hold office in these clubs without the approval of the NYU Shanghai Academic Standards Committee.
Students on academic probation should be aware that they are usually ineligible for financial aid.
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Students who are on academic probation are required to participate in the Academic Support Program.
Academic Dismissal
Students dismissed from the University for poor academic performance will be informed via e-mail two to three weeks after their most recent grades are posted for the enrolled semester. Students who have paid tuition for the next term at the time of dismissal will receive a full refund of tuition and fees.
Academic Integrity
NYU is a "community of the mind." Its students, faculty, and staff all share the goal of pursuing truth through free and open inquiry, and we support one another's endeavors in this regard. As in any community, membership comes with certain rights and
responsibilities. Foremost among these is academic integrity. Cheating on an exam, falsifying data, or having someone else write a paper undermines others who are "doing it on their own"; it makes it difficult or impossible to assess fairly a student's interest, aptitude, and achievement; and it diminishes the cheater, depriving him or her of an education. Most important, academic dishonesty is a violation of the very principles upon which the academy is founded. For this reason, violations of these principles are treated with the utmost seriousness.
This policy sets forth core principles and standards with respect to academic integrity for students at New York University. Each school at New York University may establish its own detailed supplemental guidelines for academic integrity, consistent with its own culture, and consistent with the University-wide general guidelines described in this document.
At NYU, a commitment to excellence, fairness, honesty, and respect within and outside the classroom is essential to maintaining the integrity of our community. By accepting membership in this community, students take responsibility for demonstrating these values in their own conduct and for recognizing and supporting these values in others. In turn, these values will create a campus climate that encourages the free exchange of ideas, promotes scholarly excellence through active and creative thought, and allows community members to achieve and be recognized for achieving their highest potential. In pursuing these goals, NYU expects and requires its students to adhere to the highest standards of scholarship, research and academic conduct. Essential to the process of teaching and learning is the periodic assessment of students' academic progress through measures such as papers, examinations, presentations, and other projects. Academic dishonesty compromises the validity of these assessments as well as the relationship of trust within the community. Students who engage in such behavior will be subject to review and the possible imposition of penalties in accordance with the standards, practices, and procedures of NYU and its colleges and schools. Violations may result in failure on a particular assignment, failure in a course, suspension or expulsion from the University, or other penalties.
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Faculty are expected to guide students in understanding other people's ideas, in developing and clarifying their own thinking, and in using and conscientiously acknowledging resources - an increasingly complex endeavor given the current environment of widely available and continually emerging electronic resources. In addition, students come to NYU from diverse educational contexts and may have understandings regarding academic expectations that differ from those at NYU. NYU values and respects all academic traditions; however, while at NYU, students are expected to adhere to the norms and standards of academic integrity espoused by the NYU community and will be assessed in accordance with these standards. Students should ask their professors for guidance regarding these standards as well as style guide preferences for citation of sources for assignments in their courses.
Following are examples of behaviors that compromise the academic and intellectual community of NYU and are unacceptable.
1. Plagiarism: presenting others' work without adequate acknowledgement of its source, as though it were one’s own. Plagiarism is a form of fraud. We all stand on the shoulders of others, and we must give credit to the creators of the works that we incorporate into products that we call our own. Some examples of plagiarism:
- a sequence of words incorporated without quotation marks - an unacknowledged passage paraphrased from another's work
- the use of ideas, sound recordings, computer data or images created by others as though it were one’s own
2. Cheating: deceiving a faculty member or other individual who assess student
performance into believing that one’s mastery of a subject or discipline is greater than it is by a range of dishonest methods, including but not limited to:
· bringing or accessing unauthorized materials during an examination (e.g., notes, books, or other information accessed via cell phones, computers, other technology or any other means)
· providing assistance to acts of academic misconduct/dishonesty (e.g., sharing copies of exams via cell phones, computers, other technology or any other means, allowing others to copy answers on an exam)
· submitting the same or substantially similar work in multiple courses, either in the same semester or in a different semester, without the express approval of all instructors
· submitting work (papers, homework assignments, computer programs, experimental results, artwork, etc.) that was created by another, substantially or in whole, as one's own · submitting answers on an exam that were obtained from the work of another person or providing answers or assistance to others during an exam when not explicitly permitted by the instructor
· submitting evaluations of group members’ work for an assigned group project which misrepresent the work that was performed by another group member
· altering or forging academic documents, including but not limited to admissions
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3. Any behavior that violates the academic policies set forth by the student’s NYU school, department, or division.
New York University Shanghai Honor Code (adopted from the CAS Honor Code) As a student in New York University Shanghai, you belong to a community of scholars who value free and open inquiry. Honest assessment of ideas and their sources is the foundation of what we do.
Our University is a community of mutual trust and respect in which personal prejudice has no part in the critical evaluation of ideas. It is a place where differences of opinion can be subjected to deliberate and reasonable examination without animus.
As scholars, it is therefore as a matter of honor and good repute that we each commit ourselves to assuring the integrity of our academic community and of the educational pursuits we undertake together.
As a student in NYU Shanghai, I pledge that:
I will perform honestly all my academic obligations. I will not represent the words, works, or ideas of others as my own; will not cheat; and will not seek to mislead faculty or other academic officers in their evaluation of my course work or in any other academic affairs.
I will behave with decorum and civility, and with respectful regard for all members of the University—faculty, staff, and fellow students—our guests, and members of our wider communities.
I will abide by NYU Shanghai and by the University rules of conduct and policies on academic integrity and by the special requirements of any individual course of study or other academic activity.
I will endeavor earnestly to uphold the values, standards, and ideals on which our University community depends and call on others to do so.
Procedures and Sanctions
The penalty for academic dishonesty is severe. The following are the procedures followed at NYU Shanghai:
1. If a student cheats on an examination or in laboratory work or engages in plagiarism, appropriate disciplinary action should be taken. The following actions may be taken: a. The faculty member, with the approval of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
may reduce the student's grade or give the student an F in the course.
b. If after lowering the grade or assigning an “F”, the faculty member or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs believes a more severe penalty (i.e., probation,
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suspension, or expulsion) is warranted, they can refer the case to the Dean of Arts and Sciences or his or her representative for further action.
2. In all cases of either (a) or (b), the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs will inform the student of any action in writing and send a copy of this letter to the Dean of Arts and Sciences. The letter will include the nature of the offense, the penalty, and the right of the student to appeal such penalty. A copy of the letter will be kept in a confidential file and not in the student's major file. The Dean of Arts and Sciences’ office copy will also be kept in a confidential file. (The professor and/or the
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs will meet with the student and discuss the nature of the offense and the action taken.)
3. For cases involving a first offense at NYU Shanghai, the Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs will send the student by e-mail a notice that a second offense will result in a one-semester suspension or a more severe penalty. (The student is also called in to discuss the offense and review the consequences of the disciplinary action.)
4. For cases involving a second offense, the Dean of Arts and Sciences will proceed as follows:
a. Upon receiving a second Associate Dean for Academic Affairs letter concerning a given student, the Dean will convene a three-member ad hoc committee, with no member being from the major involved, to examine the evidence. This ad hoc committee will consider if there are reasonable grounds to believe that
cheating/plagiarism has occurred and if so, will affirm the suspension penalty. It will report its conclusion to the Dean within three business days.
b. If the committee affirms the suspension, the Dean will send the student by e-mail a suspension letter within two business days of receiving the report. The letter will advise the student of his or her right to appeal. The student will have two business days from the letter's delivery to request an appeal of the suspension as provided in Section 5 (below). The suspension will ordinarily be stayed during the pendency of appeal.
c. If the committee does not affirm the suspension, the report will be kept on file for a one-year period.
5. The student in all cases has the right to appeal to the Dean of Arts and Sciences. In the event of an appeal, the Dean will elicit a written complaint from the faculty member and proceed as described above.
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Students are expected to familiarize themselves and to comply with the rules of conduct, academic regulations, and established practices of the University, NYU Shanghai, and any study away site or portal campus as stated in the Discipline Procedures available here . If, pursuant to such rules, regulations, or practices, the withdrawal of a student is
required before the end of the term for which tuition has been paid, a refund will be made according to the standard schedule for refunds. Below is a summary of the offenses for which students may be subject to disciplinary charges by the NYU Shanghai Committee on Student Discipline:
1. False representation or forgery of academic documents
2. Deliberate destruction, theft, or unauthorized use of laboratory data, research materials, computer resources, or university property
3. Disruption of an academic event
4. Actual or threatened violence or harassment
Depending on the seriousness of the offense, the following penalties may be imposed after a hearing by the NYU Shanghai Committee on Student Discipline:
Censure
Written reprimand for violation of a specified regulation, including the possibility of more severe disciplinary sanction in the event of a subsequent violation of any University regulation within a period of time stated in the letter of reprimand.
Disciplinary Probation
Suspension of privileges or exclusion from participating in extra-curricular University activities as set forth by the NYU Shanghai Committee on Student Discipline for a specified period of time.
Suspension
Exclusion from classes, as well as suspension of privileges and exclusion from other activities, as set forth in the notice of suspension for a definite period of time. A student who has been suspended and who is found "not guilty" shall be allowed full opportunity to make up whatever work was missed because of the suspension.
Dismissal
Termination of student status for an indefinite period. The conditions for readmission, if any are permitted, shall be stated by the committee in the order of dismissal.
If, as a result of disciplinary action, the withdrawal of a student is required before the end of the term for which tuition has been paid, a refund will be made according to the standard schedule for refunds.
65 Student Grievance
Students in NYU Shanghai are referred to the "Student Grievance Procedure" applicable to all the schools of New York University as found in the NYU Student's Guide. NYU Shanghai adheres to all articles of the Student Grievance Procedure.
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