Office of Academic Standards and Integrity
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY
SUMMARY
The New School views academic integrity as the duty of every community member. Claiming authorship for one’s own work and only for that work, recognizing the contributions of others accurately and completely, and presenting one’s academic circumstances and achievements accurately and completely are fundamental obligations to the integrity of intellectual, creative, and academic pursuits. All members of the university community are expected to conduct themselves in accord with the standards of academic integrity outlined in this policy.
The New School values and respects all academic traditions; however, while at The New School, students are expected to adhere to the norms and standards of academic integrity espoused by this community and will be assessed in accordance with these standards.
Students are responsible for understanding the University’s policy on academic integrity. The New School recognizes that different academic circumstances may require different procedures for citing sources and referencing the work of others, including work generated by artificial intelligence tools. In their syllabi, faculty members are required to inform students of the academic integrity policy, as well as provide guidelines on their own practices, such as the limits within which students may collaborate with or seek help from others, the parameters on the acceptable outsourcing of certain tasks, and direction on the use of generative artificial intelligence tools, if permitted for use within the course.
DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
The standards of academic integrity apply to all forms of academic work and circumstances, including, but not limited to, presentations, performances, examinations, submissions of papers (including drafts), projects, academic records, etc. Academic integrity includes accurate use of quotations, as well as appropriate and explicit citation of sources in instances of paraphrasing, describing ideas, and reporting on research findings and work of others (including that of faculty members and other students). Only authorized use of artificial intelligence tools is permitted. Students unsure about acceptable use of any source, including generative artificial intelligence tools, in the context of a particular assignment, should consult the syllabus for a course or speak with the instructor. Academic dishonesty results from violations of academic integrity guidelines. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:
- cheating on examinations, either by copying another student’s work or by utilizing unauthorized materials
- using work of others as one’s own original work and submitting such work to the university or to scholarly journals, magazines, or similar publications
- copying or appropriating someone else’s work in visual or performing arts
- submission of someone else’s work downloaded from paid or unpaid sources on the internet as one’s own original work, or including the information in a submitted work without proper citation
- submission of another student’s work obtained by theft, purchase or other means as one’s own original work
- submitting the same work for more than one course without the knowledge and explicit approval of all of the faculty members involved, including applicable faculty from prior semester(s)
- unauthorized use of artificial intelligence tools to generate ideas, images, art/design, audio, video, code, or text for any portions of work
- destruction or defacement of the work of others
- aiding or abetting any act of academic dishonesty
- any attempt to gain academic advantage by presenting misleading information, making deceptive statements, or falsifying documents, including documents related to admission applications, academic records, portfolios, and internships
- any form of distributing one’s work with the intent to enable students to use this work as their own, including, but not limited to, posting quizzes, papers, projects etc. on websites
- engaging in other forms of academic dishonesty that violate principles of integrity
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