2019-2020 Student Handbook

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ArticleI: Definitions

  1. The term “College” means Carroll College located in Helena, Montana.
  2. The term “student” includes all persons taking courses at the College, either full-time or part-time, pursuing undergraduate studies. Persons who withdraw after allegedly violating the Carroll Code, who are not officially enrolled for a particular term but who have a continuing relationship with the College or who have been notified of their acceptance for admission are considered “students.” The Carroll Code applies at all locations of the College.
  3. The term “faculty member” means any person hired by the College to conduct classroom or teaching activities or who is otherwise considered by the College to be a member of its faculty.
  4. The term “College official” includes any person employed by the College, performing assigned administrative or professional responsibilities.
  5. The term “member of the College community” includes any person who is a student, faculty member, College official or any other person employed by the College. A person’s status in a particular situation shall be determined for students by the College Registrar and for employees by the Director of Human Resources.
  6. The term “College premises” includes all land, building, facilities, and other property in the possession of or owned, used, or controlled by the College.
  7. The term “organization” means any number of persons who have complied with the formal requirements for College recognition.
  8. The term “Student Conduct Board” means any person or persons authorized by the Dean of Students and Retention to determine whether a student has violated the Carroll Code and to recommend sanctions that may be imposed when a violation has been committed.
  9. The term “Student Conduct Administrator” means a College official appointed by the Dean of Students and Retention to impose sanctions upon any student(s) found to have violated the Carroll Code. The Dean of Students and Retention may authorize the same Student Conduct Administrator to impose sanctions in all cases.
  10. The term “Appellate Board” means any person or persons authorized by the Dean of Students and Retention to consider an appeal from a Student Conduct Board’s determination as to whether a student has violated the Carroll Code or from the sanctions imposed by the Student Conduct Administrator.
  11. The term “shall” is used in the imperative sense.
  12. The term “may” is used in the permissive sense.
  13. The term “policy” means the written regulations of the College as found in, but not limited to, the Carroll Code, Residential Life and Housing regulations, the Acceptable Use Policy for the College web page and computer use, the Student Handbook and the Academic Catalog.
  14. The term “cheating” includes, but is not limited to: (1) use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations; (2) use of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (3) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the College faculty or staff; (4) engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by a faculty member in the course syllabus or class discussion.
  15. The term “plagiarism” includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.
  16. The term “Complainant” means any person who submits a charge alleging that a student violated the Carroll Code. When a student believes that she/he has been a victim of another student’s misconduct, the student who believes she/he has been a victim will have the same rights under the Carroll Code as are provided to the Complainant, even if another member of the College community submitted the charge itself.
  17. The term “Responding Student” means any student accused of violating the Carroll Code. A student group or organization sanctioned or recognized by the College may also be a respondent under the Carroll Code.