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1. Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals

S.10-161

Annual Report on Student Discipline Matters

January 1,

2010 - August 31,2010*

Statistical Summary - Non-academic Discipline Incidents**

Statistical Summary - Academic Dishonesty Incidents**

University Board

on Student Discipline

***

Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals

***

The reporting period has changed from the calendar year to the academic year. Next year the

reporting period

will

be from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011.

Section 6.1 of Policy S10.03 states: The Registrar and the Senior Director, Student and

Conununity Life, shall maintain a statistical sununary

of cases which are handled through their

offices each year, and these data shall be included in the Annual

Report on Student Discipline

Matters.

***

Section 6.2 of Policy S10.03 states: In addition to the data in 6.1, the Annual Report on

Student Discipline Matters must contain a summary of the UBSD Tribunal's decisions, the

President's decisions, SCODA's decisions and the penalties imposed. This report will be accessible

to the

University community and will be submitted to Senate for information except where the

Tribunal,

SCODA or the President determine that cases or parts of cases should not be disclosed.

The Sununary must not disclose the identities of the parties. A set of decisions which does not

disclose the identities

of the parties shall be maintained in the office of the Secretary of the

UBSD and is available for review upon reasonable notice.

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MEMORANDUM

ATTENTION

cn:u

DATE

Nov

mber

2010

FROM

AE:

Tim

Rahilly

nual R

eport

Student Cond

ct:

Nov

mber

,2009

through

ro Augu

r 31

2010

PAGES

According to the policy on Principl

and Procedures for

Student

Discipline S 10.02

"The

Registrar

and

the Senior Director

Student

d Communit

Life must maintain a

tati

tical

ummary

cases

handled

through their

offices

each

year,

and this data must be

includ

in the

Annual Report to Senate on Student Discipline

Matters." I have been seconded from my

position

Senior Director, Student

Community

Life

and

the position

not being backfilled.

Accord

gly,

m reporting on beh

of Student

Service

in my role as A

ssoc

iate Vice-

President Students

Intemational (pro tem).

In previous reports

the

reporting period wa

s N

ovember

through October

of each calendar

year.

We hav

been

asked

to change the reporting period to reflect the

academic year

(September 1

t through to August

)

for this transition year, the report reflects

ten month

period (November

1, 2009 through to August 31

2010).

Simon

Fraser

University

is committed to

creating

hol

rly

community characterized

honesty

civi

lity

div

rsity, free

inquir

mutual respe

ct,

indi

vidua

safety

and freedom from

hara

ment and di

rimination.

Each

tudent is respon

ible for

or her

cond

uct

it affects the

niversit

commun

ty.

procedures for handling student misconduct outlined in Policy S 1 0.01, Appendix 1. As per

the polic

reports

of misconduct

are forwarded

to the Senior Director

Student and Community

ife

who w

ill

give

the

tudent

an opportunity

to me

and

the

situation.

The Senior

Director

Student

and Community

Life i

s e

mpowered to take

one

the

owing

courses

action:

seek

an informal resolution;

11. recommend the student receive

counsell

g or

other professional

assistance

and, if

necessary

assist

the

tudent in obtaining coun

llin

or other professional

services;

lll.

fonnal written reprimand to the

tudent

;

assess and

recover

costs to

the dam

age

caused

by the

tudent

;

require the

student

write a

letter of

apo

ogy

any

person

adversely affected

the

tudent's behaviour;

VI.

require the

student

to perform up to 50 hours

of community service;

vii

tenninate the student

scho

arships

other

financial

support;

viii. refer the matter to the

ersity

Board

Student Discipline (UBSD).

IMO

FRA

SER

IVER

SITY

THINKING OF THE

WORLD

This report

does

include

cases of student crim

al activity whic

have taken place

on campus

that are curr

tly before the

courts

However,

cases that ha

eady

been disposed

the

courts

and are then

llo

wed

under the

Code of Acade

c I

egrity and Good Cond

uct

pol

are

included.

Table I

Misco

ndu

ct Cases

from

2006

to Pre

2006

2007 2007

2008

2008-2009 2009-20

Disruptive

angerous

Damage or Theft

Fraud

Misuse

Unaut

orized

Presence

Misuse of

Procedures

ity Policie

Firearms

Weapons

Ill

ega

ndu

TOTAL

*2009

rep

rtmg

penod

for November

2009

o Aug

20 IO

art

Percentage

of M

sconduct Cases

Category (Novembe

r 1

009

-A

gust

2010)

Dan'-age

52%

h/ers

Poliic

Dis

DangerJus

4300

Table 2 - Incident Type & Sanctions imposed (November 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010)

ca elDlc

en ISClpJ

e nCl

N Ad- Stud

D. - lin I -d ts

Incident

Type

Resolution

Seek

Recommend

Issue a

Recover

Require

Terminate

Refer

Informal

Professional

Formal

Costs

Written

Community

Financial

Resolution

Assistance

Reprimand

Apology

Service

Aid

UBSD

Disruptive

Dangerous

Behaviour

Damage,

Destruction

or Theft

Fraud and

Misuse

Unauthorize

Entry

Presence

Violation of

University

Policies

TOTAL

Percentaae*

17%

74%

57%

17%

• Each case can result

multIple actIOns; accordingly percentages wt11 total more than 100%

There are a few general observations I would like to share with Senate:

•

The prorated number of incidents is similar this year to last year.

• As has been the practice in past years, cases clearly stemming from mental health issues are

managed separately; provided the student agrees to that, the disciplinary process is not

brought to bear. Nonetheless, there has been an increase

of cases reported under this Policy

where students have been referred to counseling. There is no provision under the Policy that

permits

me to compel a student to follow the recommendation to seek counseling.

• The use of alcohol remains a strong correlate to incidents of student misconduct.

Respectfully Submitted,

•

\~?~

Tim Rahilly, Ph.D.

MEMORANDUM

SEN

AND A

C SE

Student

Enrollment, Student

Services

3104 Maggie Benston

Centre

TEL

778.782.5350

FAX 778.782.45732

@sfu.c;)

ATTENTION

FROM

RE:

~::t~oss

Registrar and Executive

DATE

ovember 18'

201

.....---

Director, Student Enrollment

///

ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE REPORT 2009-2010

This report covers the period from January to August 2010 to provide timelier reporting and, in

future, to align the reporting period with the student misconduct report

(September to August)

The revised Academic Honesty and Student Conduct Policy became effective May 2009. This

policy requires reporting

of academic dishonesty incidents to the Registrar's office.

There are 43 active Academic Integrity Advisors representing programs, departments and

faculties coordinated

by the Academic Integrity Coordinator in the Registrar's office. The

Academic Integrity Advisory Conunittee has named Elaine Fairey as Chair and it meets once

each

term.

The Academic Integrity Coordinator in the Registrar's office collects and compiles data

regarding academic dishonesty cases from units across all three campuses. Between January and

August

20 10, 179 incident report forms were filed in the Registrar's office. Twenty-three of

thirty-four academic units reported incidents. Nine cases involving repeat offenders were

identified through the central database and dealt with either

by the Registrar or the Academic

Head following established policy.

Table

I below lists the most common types of incidents that occur and Table 2 details the

breakdown

of penalties assigned. Table 3 looks at the breakdown of incident reports by Faculty.

The Academic Integrity Advisory conunittee wishes to bring to the attention of Senate that 47%

of students with academic dishonesty records in this period are International students. 65% of

these were for incidents involving cheating and 35% were for plagiarism issues.

is hoped that

by highlighting this statistic, more effort might be made by the University with regard to

orientation and support for international students.

MON F

ASE

KING O

WOR

TABLE 1

Type of Incident:

January-December

January-August

2009

2010

Plagiarism

Examples:

-substantial portions

of first two pages are

direct quotes from other sources; Figures were

taken directly from Open

University material,

no citation.

tenn paper contains at least 15 plagiarized

passages copied or slight paraphrased from at

least 9 different sources.

- major term paper in writing intensive

research methods courses, copied sentences

directly from on-line sources and conveyed

these as their own writing, also copied directly

from a journal article.

Cheating on exams or assignments

Examples:

- final paper was purchased from

www.coursework.info

- changed test answers and asked for a review

- tampered with date stamp

on electronic

essay submission

- notes written on hand during first midterm

- gave code for assignment to another student

FraudlMisrepresentation

Examples:

- lab notebook sections that were to

initialed by the T A or lab instructor upon on-

time complete were forgery

of signature

- student pretended to

be an instructor and

requested access to a solution manual

185

179

TOTAL

TABLE 2

Penalties

January to

*N ote: Students can receive more

December 2009

August 2010

than one penalty

Give the student a warning

Assign a grade penalty less harsh than

'F' for the work

Impose a failing mark for the work

104

116

Assign a grade less harsh than 'FO'

for the course

Assign a grade of "FO"

Re-do the work or do supplementary

work

Issue a formal reprimand

TABLE 3

Faculty

Incident Reports

January to December

January to August

2009

2010

BUS

EOUC

ENV

FAS

FASS

FCAT

HSCI

SCI

Registrar's Office

November 2010

Faculty:

Students:

Staff:

University Board on Student Discipline

Reporting Period: January

1, 2010 - August 31, 2010

UBSD

Membership

Gordon Rose (Coordinator), Psychology (January 2009 - December 2011)

Greg Baker, Computing Science (October 2004 - September 2010)

Wanda Cassidy, Education (November 2008 - October 2011)

Anne Macdonald, Business Administration (September 2006 - August 2012)

Tara Azimi, Undergraduate, Health Sciences (September 2009 - August 2010)

Anton Bezglasnyy, Undergraduate, Political Science (Sept 2009 - August 2010)

Karel Casteels, Graduate, Mathematics (September 2007 - August 2010)

Kathy McKay, Graduate, History (July 2008 - June 2011)

Tracy Bruneau, Computing Science (August 2004 - August 2010)

Donalda Meyers, Education (November 2005 - October 2011)

Harriet Chicoine, Engineering Science (January 2010 - December 2012)

Four cases concerning academic dishonesty and one case concerning theft were submitted to the

University Board on Student Discipline in the period covered by the report. Two of the cases

( student appeals) concerning academic dishonesty were referred to the

Senate Committee on

Disciplinary Appeals

(SCODA) because the appeal more closely fit a "penalty appeal" rather

than a "factual appeal" and therefore the

UBSD was without jurisdiction to proceed.

A summary

of the cases is forwarded to Senate for information.

V. Gordon Rose

Coordinator,

University Board on Student Discipline

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Student Discipline Summary

File #

10-1

10-2

10-3

10-4

10-5

Nature of Offence

Academic Dishonesty -

Had another student write

examination

on his/her

behalf

Academic Dishonesty -

Cheating

on final

examination.

Theft -

Student stole a

large amount

of Library

books and sold

them for

money.

Academic Dishonesty -

Submitted the same

assignment, along with

partner,

as another group.

Academic Dishonesty -

Submitted the same

assignment, along with

partner,

as another group.

Outcome

The Tribunal found that the student committed

academic dishonesty.

The President accepted the

unanimous recommendation

of the Tribunal to

suspend the student for six semesters commencing

with the

Spring 2010 semester. In addition a grade of

"FD" in Econ 301 was confinned.

Allegations

of academic dishonesty appealed by

student.

The Tribunal was unanimously of the view

that

no act of academic dishonesty had been

established

on a balance of probabilities. The parties

worked out between them an acceptable way of

providing the Applicant another opportunity to write

the

final exam.

The student did not dispute the facts of the case. The

Tribunal found that the student committed an act of

theft with an estimated value of worth in excess of

$15,000. The President accepted the recommendation

of the Tribunal and permanently suspended the

student from the university.

Student appealed departmental ruling. Since student

was not disputing the facts, the case was referred to

SCODA by Coordinator of the UBSD. The appeal

more closely

fit the "penalty appeal" paradigm rather

than the

"factual appeal", therefore the UBSD was

without jurisdiction to proceed.

Student appealed departmental ruling. Since student

was not disputing the facts, the case was referred to

SCODA by Coordinator of the UBSD. The appeal

more closely fit the

"penalty appeal" paradigm rather

than the

"factual appeal", therefore the UBSD was

without jurisdiction to proceed.

Senate

mmitt

ee o

n Di

iplinar

Appeals

SCODA

10 Report

Senate Committee

Disciplinary Appeals

Reporting Period

January

2010

August 2010

The

Senate Committee

Disciplinary Appeals

(

SCODA

)

dea

with

one

appeal

during

period cover

d by thi

report involving

a charge

pla

ari

SCODA Case Appeal

o. 10-1

(plagiarism)

App

Policy

10.04

sec

tion 2.1(iii)

("the

nalty

impo

sed on the

tudent i

excessive

the

cir

tan

ces

the

case

pena

under

appeal

a grade

F" a

for

a graduate

Chair

the

epartme

after

and the

tru

observed t

hat

utting and pasting of

exte

ive text

the

student's

final

aper

and that

failed

"to

knowledge the

our

ce f

rom which

thi

taken almost

verbatim

contrary

0.0

sec

tion 4.1.2 (a)

Univer

ity'

Code

Academic

Int

rity

and Good Condu

t. Th

ommittee confirm

the original

ecision

which remained

changed.

SCODA Membership

of August 2010:

Chair:

Dr. Andr

ger,

epa

rtm

ent

tory

Vice-Chair:

Dr. Abraham Punn

partm

Math

matics

Faculty (Regular

Member

Dr.

Andrea Geiger, D

partmen

tory

Dr.

Geoffrey

Poitra

Facu

y of

ess

Administration

Dr. Abraham

Punnen

Department of

Faculty (Alternate Members)

Dr. Lui

Godd yn

epart

Mathemati

Dr.

Peter Tingling,

Facu

y of

ines

Admini

tration

Students (Regular Members)

Mr.

ee,

under

raduat

e s

tud

Mr. Ravi

el,

dergraduate

tud

Mr. K

Yin

undergraduat

stu

Students (Alternate Members)

Mr.

ordan

Kohn

und

rgraduate

student

Ml'. Thomas Unso

, g

raduate

student

Secretary

Concetta

Di Fr

ancesco,

Student Academi

Appeals

Concetta

Di Fran

cesc

Secretary

SCODA

Andre

Geiger

Chair.

ODA

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