Academic Honesty Statement

(revised Spring 2025)

Las Positas College promotes student success by providing high quality instruction and learning resources. The primary factor in student success, however, is the student’s devotion of considerable time and energy to the learning process. Success in a Las Positas College course is, therefore, something of which both the college and the student can be proud. 

Any form of academic dishonesty, whether cheating or plagiarism, undermines the value of grades not only for the individual student, but for the entire student body and the College as a whole. It is an affront to every student who has labored to achieve success honestly and a threat to the College’s reputation for academic excellence. 

For these reasons, the College takes great care to inform students of the definitions of academic honesty, originality, cheating, and plagiarism. It will respond to cases of academic dishonesty with a level of seriousness that will preserve the integrity of the grading system and promote the learning of the student. Any student attempting to gain an unfair advantage in a course may be penalized, up to and including suspension from classes. The actions taken against the student will also be permanently entered into the student’s record in the case of repeated, flagrant, or serious incidents.

AI is not mentioned here but saved for the revised “Academic Honesty, Originality, Cheating, Plagiarism, and New Technologies” (formerly the “Statement of Affirmation by the Las Positas College Academic Senate on Academic Integrity”)