Report of the Office of Student Conduct
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To the University Community:

The Office of Student Conduct (OSC) periodically prepares reports to inform the University community about sanctions imposed in response to violations of University rules and regulations.

The report below includes all case-related data from the past five academic years. Moving forward,
OSC is committed to issuing reports on an annual basis.

—Julie Nettleton, Director, Office of Student Conduct

 

 

Academic Year 2009-2010

Academic Year 2010-2011

Academic Year 2011-2012

Academic Year 2012-2013

Academic Year 2013-2014

Incident Type (by respondents)
Academic Integrity (total) 67 63 68 148 160

      Undergraduate

 44 51 37 96 127

      Graduate/Professional

 23 12 31 52 33

Student Conduct (total)

 261 308 215 141 162

      Undergraduate

 239 240 163 118 134

     Graduate/Professional

 1 1 0 3 1

Academic Integrity and Student Conduct (total)

 4 5 3 7 2

      Undergraduate

 3 4 3 4 1

     Graduate/Professional

 1 1 0 3 1

Mediation

0 0 0 18 22
Group Cases
     (Student Organizations/Fraternities/etc.)*		 14 4 8 5 3
TOTAL: 346 380 294 319 349

*Group Cases include several individuals but are being counted as one respondent.

Case Investigations: Academic Integrity**

   Plagiarism

 25 22 34 84 56

   Unathorized collaboration/ use of performance of another person’s work

 8 17 26 32 78

   Misconduct during an exam

 13 5 10 11 10

    Submission of false data

 0 0 0 1 0

    Falsification of grades or transcripts

 1 4 0 1 0

     Other academic violation

 1 2 0 7 1

     Altering of exam/paper for re-grade

 2 5 2 0 5

     Misrepresentation of academic records

 1 4 2 3 3

     Provided infromation to another student

 1 1 1 10 7

     Cheating

 23 13 14 16 23

     Fabrication

 1 0 3 2 3

     Multiple submission

 0 0 1 2 1

     Facilitating academic dishonesty

 4 3 10 17 25

     Unfair advantage over fellow students

 2 17 2 4 7
Case Investigations: Student Conduct**
     Alcohol violation: First offense 46 50 36 20 42
     Alcohol violation: Other 5 3 11 7 2
     Assault 19 1 8 9 19
     Attemped theft 0 1 1 0 3
     Burglary 1 0 6 1 1
     Criminal mischief 0 0 0 1 0
     Disorderly conduct 60 52 41 37 14
     Drug violation 29 13 17 9 15
     Fire code violation 5 2 3 11 3
     Forgery 5 3 0 2 2
     Fraud 1 0 3 5 2
     Fraudulent use of Penn ID 0 1 1 0 0
     Harassment 6 5 3 4 8
     Indecent/sexual assault 3 1 4 8 7
     Indecent exposure 4 0 0 3 1
     Malicious mischief 0 0 3 0 0
     Miscellaneous security violations 2 1 1 3 1
     Dirsturbance/investigation of person 0 0 2 0 2
     Retail theft/shoplifting 3 7 0 2 5
     Theft 7 3 5 3 3
     Trespassing 5 3 1 1 1
     Vandalism 27 15 14 8 2
     Other conduct violation 17 2 2 2 5
     Propulsion of object 1 4 5 12 0
     Receiving stolen property 0 0 0 0 1
     Use or possession of fake ID card 2 3 3 1 0
     Recklessly endangering another person 0 2 0 3 1
     Hazing 12 1 2 5 5
     Terroristic threats 0 0 0 0 1
     Ethnic intimidation 0 0 1 0 0
     Use or possession of air guns/firearms/dangerous articles 0 1 0 1 0
     Threats 1 1 4 1 2
     Violation of safety regulations 0 0 0 1 2
     Dangerous articles in residences 0 0 1 0 0
     Posession of stolen property 0 0 1 0 0
     Misappropriation of funds 0 1 1 0 0
     Noise violation 3 18 18 14 2
     Threats with dangerous article 0 0 0 0 0
     Comuper violation/violation of ethical behavior in the digital environment 71 182 82 47 38
     Violation of agreement 0 0 0 0 2
     Misrepresentation of status to the University 2 1 0 0 1
     False identify 1 0 0 1 0
     Sexual harassment 3 0 1 1 2
*Number of Case Investigations does not represent number of respondents because some cases involve more than one type of misconduct.
Sanctions: Academic Intergrity***
     Acadecmic support 26 23 23 14 14
     Apology 7 3 1 2 1
     Community service 3 0 0 0 1
     Counseling 10 1 0 4 4
     Diferred dismissal 0 0 1 0 0
     Essay 24 18 18 22 53
     Meet with appropriate person related to charge 2 1 0 6 0
     Expulsion 0 0 0 0 2
     Notation on transcript 1 1 2 2 1
     Other (specialized) 0 0 7 5 1
     Probation 22 14 20 27 32
     Reprimand 6 9 3 24 29
     Restitution 0 0 1 0 0
     Suspension 21 8 8 19 5
     Suspension not imposed 15 19 6 15 29
     Suspension not imposed and imposed 8 6 8 14 12
     Warning 0 0 0 5 11
     Withdraw permanently from the university 2 0 3 3 0
     Withhold/delay diploma 6 2 1 0 2
Sanctions: Student Conduct***
     Academic support 0 0 0 0 1
     Alcohol and drug education/evaluation 45 34 16 18 14
     Alcohol/drug fine 0 0 6 6 17
     Apology 10 13 0 12 5
     CAPS substance abuse evaluation 8 3 0 3 6
     Community services 115 228 30 17 12
     Counseling 28 9 10 14 7
     Deferred dismissal 0 0 1 0 0
     Essay 21 8 4 3 6
     Expulsion 1 1 0 0 1
     File sharing community services 0 0 71 28 3
     File sharing fine 0 0 47 20 3
     Fine 37 134 0 1 0
     Meet with appropriate person related to charge 4 3 1 2 0
     No contact 3 1 5 8 1
     Notation on transcript 0 1 0 1 0
     Other (specialized) 8 6 1 10 22
     Probation 43 34 22 16 10
     Reprimand 115 226 108 53 54
     Restitution 5 9 6 4 4
     Suspension 4 1 1 6 1
     Suspension not imposed 1 2 2 3 4
     Suspension not imposed and imposed 1 0 3 2 4
     Warning 14 3 3 5 5
     Withdraw permanently from the university 0 1 3 3 0
     Withhold/delay diploma 2 0 1 1 0
*Number of Sanctions does not represent number of respondents because some cases result in more than one type of sanction.
Mode of Resolution of Cases
     Signed Agreement 256 263 230 223 128
     Hearing 5 3 2 3 3
     No formal disciplinary action/ unfounded complaint or informal resolution 76 35 77 87 85
     Mediation 0 0 0 9 11
     Unresolved**** 9 17 8 12 46

**** Unresolved can imply that a student is no longer a member of the Penn community, that the investigation is on-going, or that a conclusion has been reached but an agreement has not been reached.

 
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