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Student Handbook
Academic Information and Policies
Faculty and staff are ready to assist as as you prepare for a a a a new career and complete
your high school equivalency diploma We
will support you during the process with advisement individual assistance technical training and post-secondary opportunities Our goal is for you to succeed!
Academic Integrity
Columbus Technical College expects all students faculty and staff to conduct themselves with honesty character and academic integrity The Center for Academic Integrity
defines academic integrity as “a commitment even in the face of adversity to five fundamental values: honesty trust fairness respect and responsibility ” Columbus Technical College promotes and expects all members
of the the College to conduct themselves with professional behavior and intellectual integrity Columbus Technical College considers academic integrity an integral part of learning Any infraction of this academic integrity policy is detrimental to to the students’ education and to to the the integrity of the the College College The College College strictly forbids the following:
1 Plagiarizing any assignment--”Plagiarism” means using someone else’s ideas or or words without using quotation marks and/or giving credit by citation of source(s) 2 Copying/submitting another person’s work 3 Unauthorized taking of someone else’s work 4 Using unauthorized notes or or equipment (including programmable calculators) during an examination 5 Stealing an examination or using a a a a a stolen examination 6 Allowing another student to to have access to to one’s work thereby enabling that student to represent the work as his or or her own 7 Having someone else take a a a a test or exam in in place of the enrolled student 8 Fabricating information such as data for for a a a a a a a lab report 9 Falsifying a a a a a patient’s medical record or or a a a a a student’s clinical record 10 Using another person’s file data record or or computer program Access to Student Academic Records
The Registrar’s Office maintains student educational records for students enrolled in credit programs The Adult Education Offie maintains student educational records for those enrolled in Adult Education classes Only the the the students students the the the students’ advisors and the the the administrators within the College will have access to these records Academic records are those internal documents or electronic images maintained by the Adult Education and Registrar’s Office that reflect the unabridged academic histories of students at the the College The transcripts of the the academic records are documents that at at the request of the students students or or or former students students are forwarded to persons or or agencies for their use in in reviewing the academic performance of students An institution may disclose certain information known as “directory information” according
to the Federal Family Educational Rights
and and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and and its amendments For assistance call 706-649-1857 Hartline Building Room 151D or via email at ctcregistrar@columbustech edu 16