Chabot College
Academic Policy
Council
Comments to
Academic Policy Council
Please send this form electronically or physically to
Ming Ho, APC Chair, at mho@chabotcollege.edu.
APC meets every 3rd Thursday of the month, but also meets on 1st Thursday as needed. Check
the committee website for meeting dates. Meetings are 2:45–4:00 PM in Room 2345.
Name (Optional): ____________________________________ Date: _____________
Issue of Concern:
Students have forged their priority number in order to get into classes.
Comments and Suggestions:
I believe this falls under the category of falsification of applications/records, etc.
and is therefore punishable by the means that is listed on p. 61 in the 2010-2012
College Catalog (Item #2 in the left column).
I am hoping that we can find a response to priority number fraud that is less
severe than expulsion.
Status:
The 2010-2012 Catalog lists on p. 61 as a disciplinable conduct, “2. Forgery,
alteration or misuse of college documents, records, or identification or knowingly
furnished false information to a college representative in connection with the
performance of official duties.” Under this clause, the consensus of the APC is that
faculty members can initiate reasonable disciplinary to correct student’s fraudulence,
such as dropping the student from the course (which is equivalent to giving student a
zero cheating on an exam). The instructor is encouraged to report incidents to the VP of
Student Services after obtaining evidence of fraudulent conduct.
Faculty members may keep track of the authorization numbers given to students,
so if a student uses another student’s number, the instructor can find out by checking
Class-Web. Since many classrooms have Internet access, the instructor may also use it
to handle enrollment issues like checking priority number, etc., to reduce fraud.