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Academic Policies

Office of the Provost

Abilene Christian University exists to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. As a Christian academic community, we are each responsible to hold each other accountable for behaviors consistent with the nature of God, to respect the community and to respect ourselves.

Abilene Christian University exists to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. As a Christian academic community, we are each responsible to hold each other accountable for behaviors consistent with the nature of God, to respect the community and to respect ourselves.

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Academic Integrity Policy

Academic integrity is demonstrated by behavior that honors the learning environment — regardless of setting, context, location or modality.

Academic dishonesty, or failure to practice academic integrity, negatively affects the learning environment and other members of the ACU community.

Academic dishonesty includes — but is not limited to — plagiarism, collusion, cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, failure to contribute to a collaborative project, and sabotage.

Academic dishonesty detracts from a student’s personal learning, which will affect her or his academic grade, standing in a course or program, and/or standing in the university.

Academic dishonesty also has a chilling effect on the ACU community creating an air of suspicion in the learning environment.

Expanded Definitions and Advice
The explanation and examples at the button below can be helpful for educating the ACU community about academic integrity or in deciding appropriate consequences for a violation.

Definitions & Advice

 

Process for Addressing Violations
A guide for faculty and administrators when someone suspects a violation of the policy.
Addressing Violations

 

Rights and Responsibilities
A guide for the behavior of faculty, students, department chairs, deans, and Student Life representatives in creating and protecting a culture of academic integrity and in addressing violations of it.
Rights & Responsibilities

Other Academic Policies

The university has established formal policies and processes to handle written student complaints and appeals. Generally the policies encourage students to resolve concerns at the initial level of concern when possible, e.g., working with the faculty member or department chair to resolve an academic issue.

STUDENT COMPLAINT POLICY

Abilene Christian University (ACU) recognizes and encourages development of new and useful devices and processes, publication of scholarly works, and development of computer software as an integral part of the processes of learning, service, and research. To download the full Intellectual Property Policy, click on the button below:

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY

The credit hour is the basic unit of measuring the work represented by academic engagement. Learn more about how credits are assigned.

CREDIT HOUR POLICY

A significant disruption may affect the university’s ability to conduct its courses and academic procedures in usual and customary ways. Learn more about about the Significant Disruption Policy.

Significant Disruption Policy

Where are Academic Policies found?

Student Life Handbook

CATALOG