Penalties for Academic Misconduct

Formal documentation of the infraction will be noted in the student’s file and remain on record as long as the individual is a student at Walsh College.  Additional disciplinary actions or sanctions include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:

  • Re-doing the assignment for a reduced grade
  • A reduction in the earned grade on the assignment
  • A directed zero on the assignment
  • A reduction in the overall semester grade
  • Loss of Walsh College-awarded scholarship money or awards
  • A directed “F” in the course
  • A review of all prior coursework completed at Walsh College, which may lead to new charges of misconduct should earlier violations have occurred, whether they were addressed at the time or not, up to and including possible reversal of grades earned in prior courses, or degrees revoked, if evidence is found indicating that misconduct was employed in the pursuit of those earlier grades or degrees
  • Suspension from Walsh College
  • Expulsion from Walsh College