➾ PAIU emphasizes the ethical responsibility of all its students to seek knowledge in an honest manner. Students are responsible for submitting all forms with correct information and class assignments of their own work. Academic dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated.

➾ Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to misrepresentation of information in oral or written form to anyone cheating, and plagiarism. Such violations will be dealt with in accordance with PAIU guidelines.

➾ Misrepresentation of information in oral or written form to anyone from PAIU means that information was submitted under false pretense to gain acceptance into any of PAIU’s Programs.

➾ Cheating means receiving reward for finding an easy way to get out an unpleasant situation by dishonest means. It is breaking the rules of how one gains an unfair advantage to succeed an activity.

➾ Plagiarism means utilizing someone else’s idea or writing as if it were your own. If someone else’s idea or writing is used, the source should be clearly documented to comply with the regulations.

Procedures

➾ Any violation of the “Student Integrity and Academic Honesty Policy” will be handled through the following steps:

➾ Student will be notified about the violation of “Student Integrity and Academic Honesty Policy” by an PAIU instructor who recognizes the discrepancies in the information or assignment by email to their email on file at the time of application.

➾ Student will be given five working days to respond to the instructor to either confirm the violation or refute the by email.

➾ PAIU instructor will evaluate the student’s explanation and respond to student’s statements within five working days of the actions to be taken to rectify the situation. If the AAUN instructor accepts the student’s response to rectifying the situation, the continuance of the process will stop and a written notice of the outcome will be by email to their email on file at the time of application.

➾ If the PAIU instructor does not accept the student’s response to rectify the situation, discussion will continue between the PAIU instructor and the student to find solution to rectify the situation. The conclusion must be in agreed upon by both parties within five working days by email. If there is no agreement, the situation will be advanced to the Academic Committee for action from either party.

➾ The Academic Committee will review the case for resolution to the situation. The results will be reported by email within thirty days to both parties involved in the process. The resolution could be:

➾ Acceptance of the students response to the situation

➾ Acceptance of the PAIU’s Instructor’s resolution

➾ Termination of enrollment, probation, suspension, dismissal of the student from PAIU.