Buffalo State's official academic misconduct policy states that "all Buffalo State students are expected to display honesty and integrity in completing course requirements and following college academic regulations."
“Academic misconduct” refers to any form of plagiarism, fraud, or cheating in connection with academic coursework and is inconsistent with the aims and goals of Buffalo State. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Aiding in academic dishonesty. Knowingly taking action that allows another student to engage in an act of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to completing an examination or assignment for another student or stealing an examination or completed assignment for another student.
- Cheating. Includes but is not limited to: (1) use of any assistance not authorized by the course instructor(s) in taking quizzes, tests, examinations, or papers; (2) dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the course instructor(s) in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments (i.e., AI usage); or (3) stealing tests or other academic material belonging to the course instructor(s).
- Falsifying academic materials. Fabricating laboratory materials, notes, reports, or any forms of computer data; forging an instructor’s name or initials; resubmitting an examination or assignment for reevaluation that has been altered without the instructor’s authorization; or submitting a report, paper, materials, computer data, or examination (or any considerable part thereof) prepared by any person or entity other than the student responsible for the assignment
- Misrepresenting documents. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any college or official document, record, or instrument of identification
- Plagiarizing. Copying or receiving material from any source (including AI) and submitting that material as one’s own without acknowledging and citing the particular debts to the source (quotations, paraphrases, basic ideas) or in any other manner representing the work of another as one’s own
- Purchasing academic assignments. Purchasing an academic assignment intended for submission in fulfillment of any course or academic program requirement, including purchasing programs to write or complete assignments,
- Selling academic assignments. Selling or offering for sale any academic assignment to any person enrolled at Buffalo State No person shall offer any inappropriate assistance in the preparation, research, or writing of any assignment that the seller knows, or has reason to believe, is intended for submission in fulfillment of any course or academic program requirement.
- Submitting previously submitted work Submitting academically required material that has been previously submitted, in whole or in substantial part, without the prior and expressed consent of the instructor
Please refer to the academic misconduct policy for information about student rights with respect to academic misconduct and for information about how to resolve alledged instances of academic misconduct.
