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system. Students MUST use the Advocate system to submit all Appeals. Click on the Current Students page on the LSCC website to submit your Appeal under the Concern/Complaints link. v. When submitting an Appeal for a Level 1 sanction imposed, the student will need to outline a defense as it relates to the academic dishonesty charge. A student simply stating that he or she does not agree with the sanction or the cheating offense is not enough to turn over a sanction that has been imposed by an instructor. Rather, they will have to provide evidence or witnesses countering the instructor’s assertions that they have been caught cheating.
NOTE: Students asserting that they did not know they were committing an academic dishonesty offense is not acceptable, particularly since LSCC publishes its Academic Dishonesty violations publicly. All LSCC students are responsible for reading all policies and procedures, particularly those that govern student behavior and responsibilities on campus.
vi. Once an Appeal has been received, the appropriate Dean (Academic or College Transfer) will send the FINAL ruling to the student and faculty member via email only. No phone calls will be issued. Because Level 1 academic sanctions do not involve penalties that require a student to be administratively withdrawn from a course or to be withdrawn from the course or be issued a failing grade in the course or suspension, Appeals cannot be appealed beyond the Dean level. The Dean’s d ecision on all Level 1 offenses is final. No other method of Appeal is available at this Level.
To begin a Level 1 Appeal.
1. Go to Lawson State’s main webpage ( www.lawsonstate.edu ) 2. Click on Current Students 3. Click on the Concerns/Complaints 4. Complete the general information on the form.
5. Then, under the Description of the Issue section (on the form) state you are submitting a LEVEL 1 APPEAL and discuss the circumstances that have led to you filing. See next page for example of this page. 6. Upload any and all evidence to support your Appeal.
NOTE: Appeals without evidence will not be successful. You cannot appeal a decision based on your disagreement with the decision. Since sanctions are posed based on evidence submitted, in order to reverse an appeal, you must provide new evidence that would speak to your innocence (i.e., new witnesses, evidence that you wrote the work, etc….).
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