Membership of the Academic Integrity Council (AIC)

The Academic Integrity Council is chaired by the Director of Academic Integrity.

  • The AIC Chair is a non-voting member who presides over all hearings of the AIC.
  • The AIC Chair is to serve as a neutral resource to both students and faculty.
  • The AIC Chair is to be a tenured faculty member, with administrative duties as the director of Academic Integrity, appointed by the Chief Academic Officer.

The other members of the Academic Integrity Council form a pool of members from which the AIC Chair draws to form Hearing Panels.

  • At least three faculty members from each college are to be appointed to the AIC, with at least one faculty member coming from each academic school or division. These faculty members are to be tenured, unless the particular division or school they represent has fewer than two tenured faculty. In such cases, non-tenured faculty may be appointed to the AIC. These faculty members are to be appointed to the AIC by Director of Academic Integrity in consultation with the deans of each college and academic unit administrators, to serve two-year terms, which may be renewed. Additional tenured faculty members may be appointed to the AIC as needed, from any academic division or school, at the discretion of the deans. The terms of these faculty members are to be staggered, to ensure continuity.
  • At least three undergraduate students, to be selected from three different academic units, are to be appointed by the Director of Academic Integrity after consultation with the Chief Student Life Officer and Deans. Students will serve one-year renewable terms on the AIC. At least three graduate students, to be selected from three different academic units, are to be appointed by the Director of Academic integrity in consultation with the Chief Student Life Officer and Deans. Graduate students serve one-year renewable terms on the AIC.