POLICY

Academic Integrity Policy

Updated June 2024

Hostos Academic Integrity Officer

Dr. Jacqueline M. DiSanto
Professor of Education
(e) jdisanto@hostos.cuny.edu

Academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York. Penalties for academic dishonesty include academic sanctions, such as failing or otherwise reduced grades, and/or disciplinary sanctions, including suspension or expulsion.

Academic integrity is at the core of a college or university education. Faculty assign essays, exams, quizzes, projects, and so on both to extend the learning done in the classroom and as a means of assessing that learning. When students violate the academic integrity policy (i.e., “cheat”), they are committing an act of theft that can cause real harm to themselves and others including, but not limited to, their classmates, their faculty, and the caregivers who may be funding their education. Academic dishonesty confers an unfair advantage over others, which undermines educational equity and fairness. Students who cheat place their college’s accreditation and their own future prospects in jeopardy.

Maintaining academic integrity is central to fostering a credible and ethical academic environment. Faculty are encouraged to review CUNY policy on academic integrity to clarify expectations regarding plagiarism, cheating, AI-generated content, and unauthorized collaboration. Moreover, faculty should review the templates developed by a committee led by Provost Shiang-Kwei Wang and Dean Andrea Fabrizio at Hostos CC that outlined the guidelines for incorporating AI use in coursework, in alignment with the CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity.

Templates for Using Artificial Intelligence Syllabus Clause