Prohibition of Penalty Grading

[from Interpretations and Applications of the Honor Code]

2. e) Penalty grading

"Students are not to be penalized for violations of the Honor Code without adjudication under the procedures specified by the Student Judicial Charter of 1997. An instructor may not, therefore, lower a student's grade or impose any other academic penalty on the grounds of dishonesty in the absence of such formal proceedings."

If you have reported a case to Judicial Affairs and grade entries are needed/due, simply do not assign the student a grade; leave the actual grade unassigned until the matter in question/potential Honor Code violation is resolved.

 

For additional information, please examine the rest of our website, which includes the Student Judicial Charter of 1997, outlining the rights and responsibilities of all participants in our process, the Honor Code and Fundamental Standard, and important Interpretations and Applications of the Honor Code.