Important Resources

• The UNC Asheville Catalog gives faculty responsibility for taking disciplinary action for academic dishonesty committed in their own classes; students have the right to appeal those actions through the Faculty Conciliator and Academic Appeals Board process.
• If you take disciplinary action for a case of academic dishonesty in your classes, please notify the student in writing, then submit a record of your action using the Academic Integrity form.
• The Academic Success Center (ASC) takes no additional action if the incident is a student’s first reported case. If ASC has documented multiple incidents, additional disciplinary action can be sanctioned by the Provost’s Office.

Registrar and Academic Success

Academic Honesty, a student responsibility

Academic Integrity Form

• UNCA Public Safety provides emergency response, assistance with personal threats, security escorts, lost and found, parking and transportation services, and assistance with law enforcement.
• In an emergency, dial 911 or contact University Police at 828-232-5000.

Discrimination involving students or employees (includes hostile work environment),

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Gender-based misconduct involving employees

• UNC Asheville prohibits all forms of discrimination and discriminatory harassment based on race, sex, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender and other protected categories. All policies are on HR’s website.
• UNC Asheville employees cannot have any instructional, research, administrative or other responsibility or authority over an enrolled student with whom she or he has an amorous relationship or to whom he or she is related by blood, law or marriage.

Faculty, research officer and staff responsibilities:

• All have a duty to report discrimination, harassment and related misconduct toward students toTitle IX. (For gender-based misconduct involving students, see below.)
• The University asks all faculty, research officers and staff to report prohibited conduct involving employees or third parties to Human Resources or Title IX.
• All who have supervisory responsibility are required to report prohibited conduct involving anyone at UNCA to HR, and are responsible for acting to prevent discrimination and harassment, including responding promptly and thoroughly to these types of claims.

• Students can register preferred names, which will appear on course rosters.
• Restroom policy: All may use restrooms that are most consistent with their gender identity; campus maps include single-user and gender-neutral restrooms.

• The Study Abroad Office is the go-to resource for international students and visiting professors and researchers.
• The Office of Academic Affairs Personnel Specialist is the go-to resource for international full-time faculty .

Student Well-Being

• You can speak with the student, a student affairs administrator, or consult directly with student Health & Counseling Center.
• Behavioral red flags may include repeatedly missing class, frequently being unprepared, and a noticeable decline in participation.

Faculty & Staff Well-Being

• The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, offered through ComPsych are available 24
  hours a day, 7 days a week with free and confidential assistance.

• The University defines research misconduct, in accordance with federal policy, as any fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in proposing, performing or reviewing research or in the reporting of research results.
• The Office of Sponsored Scholarships and Programs is the place to go for concerns or questions, including hypothetical situations.