The Michigan Tech Student Handbook has the following to say about academic integrity:
Academic integrity and honesty are central components of a student's education. Ethical conduct maintained in an academic context will be taken eventually into a student's professional career. Academic honesty is essential to a community of scholars searching for and learning to seek the truth. Anything less than total commitment to honesty undermines the efforts of the entire academic community. Both students and faculty are responsible for insuring the academic integrity of the University.
The Academic Integrity Policy is intended to provide guidance for students and faculty concerned about maintenance of academic integrity. It shall be the policy of this University to establish procedures to ensure fairness and due process for all parties involved with any apparent violation of academic integrity and honesty.
In their academic work, students are expected to maintain personal academic integrity; treat all academic exercises as work to be conducted privately, unless otherwise instructed; ask faculty to clarify any aspects of permissible or expected cooperation on any assignment; and report any cheating activity.
Definitions of academic dishonesty can be found in the Academic Integrity Policy for plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, and facilitating academic dishonesty. Copies of the policy can be obtained from the Office of Student Affairs and heads of academic departments.3
Students charged with a violation of academic dishonesty and found guilty can receive a sanction ranging from academic integrity warning to expulsion. Please refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities in the University Community document or the Academic Integrity Policy for more information.
Cases of academic dishonesty are referred to the Dean of Students office.