Procedures for Complaints About the Program to the ASHA Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA):

 

The CAA is ASHA’s professional accrediting agency for our academic programs. A complaint about any accredited program or program in candidacy status may be submitted by any student, instructional staff member, audiologist, speech-language pathologist, and/or member of the public. All complaints must be signed and submitted in writing to:

 

The Chair, Council on Academic Accreditation

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

10801 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD 20852

 

The complaint must clearly describe the specific nature of the complaint and the relationship of the complaint to the accreditation standards and provide supporting data for the charge. Please see Appendix E for a copy of the CAA complaint procedures and a copy of the CAA accreditation standards (on the right menu line # III). To file clinical complaints follow the complaint guidelines for CAA.

 

Academic Honesty:

 

The structure of academic and social life at the University and within the Department is built and maintained on individual academic and personal honesty. The Department and University are committed uncompromisingly to sustaining and perpetuating academic honesty. Individuals who violate academic honesty are subject to a failing grade and/or dismissal from the program.

 

According to the University, behaviors that may be considered in violation of academic honesty include the following:

 

1.         use of any form of illicit aids during exams;

2.         giving or receiving aid during exams;

3.         copying from another student’s examination, term paper, laboratory report, etc.;

4.         falsification of work or records;

5.         the theft of course materials by any means;

6.         plagiarism. See Appendix F for an explanation of what constitutes plagiarism.