2.2 Academic Integrity Committee
This committee is charged with these responsibilities: a) proposing to the Council policies and procedures for dealing with problems of plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty and ensuring that these policies and procedures are consistent with University policies and procedures; b) implementing College and University policies and procedures for dealing with plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty; and c) reviewing appeals of academic evaluations associated with plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty. The committee shall also be charged with; d) reviewing appeals in which a student charges a faculty member with capricious or arbitrary grading practices which constitute an abuse of professorial discretion.

Membership shall include one tenured faculty member from each division and school in the College, nominated by the Faculty Cabinet and appointed by the Council. Faculty members will be appointed to staggered two-year terms. In addition, there will be one student representing each division and school, nominated by the Arts and Sciences representatives to the Student Senate and appointed by the Council; the Faculty Cabinet shall designate the Chair. The Faculty Cabinet shall be authorized to determine if conflicts of interest exist as cases arise (e.g., a member may not serve in instances involving appeals concerning the actions of faculty members in his or her department) and to appoint an alternate for the member excused from service. The appointment shall be made from a roster of alternates nominated by the Cabinet and appointed by the Council at the same time that the standing members of the Committee are nominated and appointed.

When the committee engages in fact-finding under responsibility "c" (above), the faculty member serving in the division or school in which the case under consideration is lodged shall be disqualified from participating; the committee shall then consist of four students and three faculty members. When the committee discharges its responsibility under "d," the student member pursuing a major in the division or school in which the case under consideration is lodged shall be disqualified from participating; the committee shall then consist of four faculty members and three students.

(Procedures for dealing with appeals of academic evaluations are in section 4.6.)