This addendum modifies catalog content as indicated and supersedes all previous addenda. Page 29 / 41 2023-2024 ADDENDUM to the Rasmussen University Catalog and Student Handbook June 27, 2024 e. Using prohibited electronic devices during exams or assignments, such as using a hidden earpiece to receive answers or accessing unauthorized information on a device. III. Collusion is collaborating with another person or entity to create an unfair advantage, assisting, attempting to assist, or receiving assistance from another person to create an unfair advantage; or conspiring with another person or entity in or outside the University to create an unfair advantage. Examples include, but are not limited to: a. Allowing others to use your Academic Activities or providing unauthorized access to your Academic Activities, University technological resources, or University-issued academic accounts to any other individual. b.Gaining unauthorized access to another student’s Academic Activities, University technological resources, or University-issued academic accounts. c. Sharing and disclosing any Academic Activities. d.Submitting Rasmussen or student content to unauthorized 3rd-party sites. e. Using content from unauthorized 3rd-party sites without appropriate citations and without permission from the University. IV. Fabrication is the act of creating something that does not exist. Falsification is the act of changing something to deceive. Forgery is the act of imitating or counterfeiting documents, signatures and the like. Examples include, but are not limited to: a. Deliberately falsifying, altering, or inventing student records. b.Deliberately falsifying, altering, or inventing information for an Academic Activity. c. Deliberately falsifying, altering, or inventing citations used in an Academic Activity. V. Impersonation is defined as assuming another person’s identity or allowing another person or entity to impersonate you or assume your identity to complete an Academic or Enrollment Activity. Examples include, but are not limited to: a. Completing official documents, such as entrance requirements or accommodation requests. b.Taking exams/quizzes. c. Submitting assignments or deliverables for a course. d.Attending (or logging in to) class in lieu of another individual. e. Taking part in clinicals or externships. f. Communicating under the guise of the student. VI. Plagiarism is the act of representing an individual's or organization's words, thoughts, or ideas as one's own. Examples include, but are not limited to: a. Using information (a paraphrase or quotation, in whole or in part) from a source without attempting to give credit to the author of that source. b.Using charts, illustrations, images, figures, equations, etc., without citing the source. c. Using an Academic Activity (in whole or in part) purchased, copied, or obtained from an unauthorized 3rd party. d.Violating copyright or committing piracy, including the use, alteration, or duplication of media, software, code, or information when expressly prohibited or where copyright exists or is implied. e. Misusing generative Artificial Intelligence without citing the use of it or in any other manner against the University’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Learning Assessment and Research Policy. VII. Sabotage seeks to gain unfair academic advantage by destroying, damaging, or stealing another person’s work and or property, or obstructing or interfering with an instructor’s materials or another student’s academic work (including documents, design, data, technology, etc.) Examples include, but are not limited to: a. Installing spyware, viruses, or other damaging software in another person’s computer or academic equipment to undermine or damage another person’s academic progress. b.Withholding or misrepresenting common knowledge about an academic activity as a deliberate attempt to harm another person’s academic progress. c. Revealing confidential data about another person or their Academic Activity. Violations: Students who violate the Academic Integrity Policy, (commit academic misconduct) are subject to corrective action to deter future misconduct and to hold students accountable for their actions. Academic Integrity Policy violations and corrective actions are documented and cumulative; corrective actions may be increased based on past academic integrity records, the severity of the
