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Professor falsely accusing me of cheating in a class he does not teach, 2 months after end of the class. What precautions should I take?
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Location: USA. I'm a domestic student. (Despite my poor English, it's my first language.)
First week of May 2019 I finished a class on web development. I'm nearly done with my master's degree (in a CS-related field, not CS) and this was a graduate class for that degree.
This summer I am completing my last class. Three professors teach this class. One of the three, let's call him Prof X, has made it clear that he thinks I am an idiot. Prof X is also one of the co-chairs of the MS program.
Last week, the other two professors were out on vacation, so I asked Prof X a question I had. He scoffed at me and asked me how I completed the web development class if I didn't already know the answer to the question.
I told him I had completed it just fine. Then he told me I couldn't possibly have completed the final project. I told him I did (for your reference, my final submission was a simple but fully functional web app). I asked him the question again.
Then he asked me what my grade was in the web development class. I got an A, so I told him that. Normally I wouldn't get into it but I was happy with the grade.
I was not able to get an answer to my question, so I will be asking one of the other professors this week.
The professor of the web development class seemed happy with my work (and the work of my classmates) and gave positive feedback. No one was accused of plagiarism. It was a small class with only 5 people, we all know each other fairly well and I don't think anyone cheated. I know I certainly didn't.
This week I found out that Prof X is starting a formal university disciplinary process against me.
I didn't cheat and I can prove it. I have all the code I wrote for the project and it's in my GitHub in a private repo so it was all version controlled. I also have the presentations I gave to the web development class that show the work in progress. The web development class's professor would vouch for me if needed, I'm sure of that.
While I think this is likely to blow over and not result in any problems for me, what are some precautions I should take just in case?
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Location: USA. I'm a domestic student. (Despite my poor English, it's my first language.)
First week of May 2019 I finished a class on web development. I'm nearly done with my master's degree (in a CS-related field, not CS) and this was a graduate class for that degree.
This summer I am completing my last class. Three professors teach this class. One of the three, let's call him Prof X, has made it clear that he thinks I am an idiot. Prof X is also one of the co-chairs of the MS program.
Last week, the other two professors were out on vacation, so I asked Prof X a question I had. He scoffed at me and asked me how I completed the web development class if I didn't already know the answer to the question.
I told him I had completed it just fine. Then he told me I couldn't possibly have completed the final project. I told him I did (for your reference, my final submission was a simple but fully functional web app). I asked him the question again.
Then he asked me what my grade was in the web development class. I got an A, so I told him that. Normally I wouldn't get into it but I was happy with the grade.
I was not able to get an answer to my question, so I will be asking one of the other professors this week.
The professor of the web development class seemed happy with my work (and the work of my classmates) and gave positive feedback. No one was accused of plagiarism. It was a small class with only 5 people, we all know each other fairly well and I don't think anyone cheated. I know I certainly didn't.
This week I found out that Prof X is starting a formal university disciplinary process against me.
I didn't cheat and I can prove it. I have all the code I wrote for the project and it's in my GitHub in a private repo so it was all version controlled. I also have the presentations I gave to the web development class that show the work in progress. The web development class's professor would vouch for me if needed, I'm sure of that.
While I think this is likely to blow over and not result in any problems for me, what are some precautions I should take just in case?
masters united-states
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Discuss your situation with the department chair and your previous instructor, and keep careful documentation of everything.
– JeffE
9 hours ago
1
Did you kill Prof X’s puppy? Sounds like a complete over-reaction to me.
– Peter K.
4 hours ago
2
If the situation is indeed as you describe it, it'll blow over. That professor is having a bad week or something. If other professors don't back you up, contact the university student services/ombudsman.
– Spark
4 hours ago
Be careful, you can win the battle (showing that you didn't cheat) but lose the war (being stripped of course credit). If the topic in question is specifically called out in some accreditation requirement, and you haven't become competent in that topic, you may find in a worst-case scenario that your 'A' in the course doesn't satisfy the graduation requirement. (It's unlikely you could be specifically singled out, a determination that the course doesn't meet the requirement would probably affect your entire section).
– Ben Voigt
2 hours ago
How are you aware that there the formal disciplinary process has started? Did he tell you? Were you contacted by your university?
– Gregory Currie
33 mins ago
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Location: USA. I'm a domestic student. (Despite my poor English, it's my first language.)
First week of May 2019 I finished a class on web development. I'm nearly done with my master's degree (in a CS-related field, not CS) and this was a graduate class for that degree.
This summer I am completing my last class. Three professors teach this class. One of the three, let's call him Prof X, has made it clear that he thinks I am an idiot. Prof X is also one of the co-chairs of the MS program.
Last week, the other two professors were out on vacation, so I asked Prof X a question I had. He scoffed at me and asked me how I completed the web development class if I didn't already know the answer to the question.
I told him I had completed it just fine. Then he told me I couldn't possibly have completed the final project. I told him I did (for your reference, my final submission was a simple but fully functional web app). I asked him the question again.
Then he asked me what my grade was in the web development class. I got an A, so I told him that. Normally I wouldn't get into it but I was happy with the grade.
I was not able to get an answer to my question, so I will be asking one of the other professors this week.
The professor of the web development class seemed happy with my work (and the work of my classmates) and gave positive feedback. No one was accused of plagiarism. It was a small class with only 5 people, we all know each other fairly well and I don't think anyone cheated. I know I certainly didn't.
This week I found out that Prof X is starting a formal university disciplinary process against me.
I didn't cheat and I can prove it. I have all the code I wrote for the project and it's in my GitHub in a private repo so it was all version controlled. I also have the presentations I gave to the web development class that show the work in progress. The web development class's professor would vouch for me if needed, I'm sure of that.
While I think this is likely to blow over and not result in any problems for me, what are some precautions I should take just in case?
masters united-states
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Location: USA. I'm a domestic student. (Despite my poor English, it's my first language.)
First week of May 2019 I finished a class on web development. I'm nearly done with my master's degree (in a CS-related field, not CS) and this was a graduate class for that degree.
This summer I am completing my last class. Three professors teach this class. One of the three, let's call him Prof X, has made it clear that he thinks I am an idiot. Prof X is also one of the co-chairs of the MS program.
Last week, the other two professors were out on vacation, so I asked Prof X a question I had. He scoffed at me and asked me how I completed the web development class if I didn't already know the answer to the question.
I told him I had completed it just fine. Then he told me I couldn't possibly have completed the final project. I told him I did (for your reference, my final submission was a simple but fully functional web app). I asked him the question again.
Then he asked me what my grade was in the web development class. I got an A, so I told him that. Normally I wouldn't get into it but I was happy with the grade.
I was not able to get an answer to my question, so I will be asking one of the other professors this week.
The professor of the web development class seemed happy with my work (and the work of my classmates) and gave positive feedback. No one was accused of plagiarism. It was a small class with only 5 people, we all know each other fairly well and I don't think anyone cheated. I know I certainly didn't.
This week I found out that Prof X is starting a formal university disciplinary process against me.
I didn't cheat and I can prove it. I have all the code I wrote for the project and it's in my GitHub in a private repo so it was all version controlled. I also have the presentations I gave to the web development class that show the work in progress. The web development class's professor would vouch for me if needed, I'm sure of that.
While I think this is likely to blow over and not result in any problems for me, what are some precautions I should take just in case?
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7
Discuss your situation with the department chair and your previous instructor, and keep careful documentation of everything.
– JeffE
9 hours ago
1
Did you kill Prof X’s puppy? Sounds like a complete over-reaction to me.
– Peter K.
4 hours ago
2
If the situation is indeed as you describe it, it'll blow over. That professor is having a bad week or something. If other professors don't back you up, contact the university student services/ombudsman.
– Spark
4 hours ago
Be careful, you can win the battle (showing that you didn't cheat) but lose the war (being stripped of course credit). If the topic in question is specifically called out in some accreditation requirement, and you haven't become competent in that topic, you may find in a worst-case scenario that your 'A' in the course doesn't satisfy the graduation requirement. (It's unlikely you could be specifically singled out, a determination that the course doesn't meet the requirement would probably affect your entire section).
– Ben Voigt
2 hours ago
How are you aware that there the formal disciplinary process has started? Did he tell you? Were you contacted by your university?
– Gregory Currie
33 mins ago
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7
Discuss your situation with the department chair and your previous instructor, and keep careful documentation of everything.
– JeffE
9 hours ago
1
Did you kill Prof X’s puppy? Sounds like a complete over-reaction to me.
– Peter K.
4 hours ago
2
If the situation is indeed as you describe it, it'll blow over. That professor is having a bad week or something. If other professors don't back you up, contact the university student services/ombudsman.
– Spark
4 hours ago
Be careful, you can win the battle (showing that you didn't cheat) but lose the war (being stripped of course credit). If the topic in question is specifically called out in some accreditation requirement, and you haven't become competent in that topic, you may find in a worst-case scenario that your 'A' in the course doesn't satisfy the graduation requirement. (It's unlikely you could be specifically singled out, a determination that the course doesn't meet the requirement would probably affect your entire section).
– Ben Voigt
2 hours ago
How are you aware that there the formal disciplinary process has started? Did he tell you? Were you contacted by your university?
– Gregory Currie
33 mins ago
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Discuss your situation with the department chair and your previous instructor, and keep careful documentation of everything.
– JeffE
9 hours ago
Discuss your situation with the department chair and your previous instructor, and keep careful documentation of everything.
– JeffE
9 hours ago
1
1
Did you kill Prof X’s puppy? Sounds like a complete over-reaction to me.
– Peter K.
4 hours ago
Did you kill Prof X’s puppy? Sounds like a complete over-reaction to me.
– Peter K.
4 hours ago
2
2
If the situation is indeed as you describe it, it'll blow over. That professor is having a bad week or something. If other professors don't back you up, contact the university student services/ombudsman.
– Spark
4 hours ago
If the situation is indeed as you describe it, it'll blow over. That professor is having a bad week or something. If other professors don't back you up, contact the university student services/ombudsman.
– Spark
4 hours ago
Be careful, you can win the battle (showing that you didn't cheat) but lose the war (being stripped of course credit). If the topic in question is specifically called out in some accreditation requirement, and you haven't become competent in that topic, you may find in a worst-case scenario that your 'A' in the course doesn't satisfy the graduation requirement. (It's unlikely you could be specifically singled out, a determination that the course doesn't meet the requirement would probably affect your entire section).
– Ben Voigt
2 hours ago
Be careful, you can win the battle (showing that you didn't cheat) but lose the war (being stripped of course credit). If the topic in question is specifically called out in some accreditation requirement, and you haven't become competent in that topic, you may find in a worst-case scenario that your 'A' in the course doesn't satisfy the graduation requirement. (It's unlikely you could be specifically singled out, a determination that the course doesn't meet the requirement would probably affect your entire section).
– Ben Voigt
2 hours ago
How are you aware that there the formal disciplinary process has started? Did he tell you? Were you contacted by your university?
– Gregory Currie
33 mins ago
How are you aware that there the formal disciplinary process has started? Did he tell you? Were you contacted by your university?
– Gregory Currie
33 mins ago
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Discuss your situation with the department chair and your previous instructor, and keep careful documentation of everything.
– JeffE
9 hours ago
1
Did you kill Prof X’s puppy? Sounds like a complete over-reaction to me.
– Peter K.
4 hours ago
2
If the situation is indeed as you describe it, it'll blow over. That professor is having a bad week or something. If other professors don't back you up, contact the university student services/ombudsman.
– Spark
4 hours ago
Be careful, you can win the battle (showing that you didn't cheat) but lose the war (being stripped of course credit). If the topic in question is specifically called out in some accreditation requirement, and you haven't become competent in that topic, you may find in a worst-case scenario that your 'A' in the course doesn't satisfy the graduation requirement. (It's unlikely you could be specifically singled out, a determination that the course doesn't meet the requirement would probably affect your entire section).
– Ben Voigt
2 hours ago
How are you aware that there the formal disciplinary process has started? Did he tell you? Were you contacted by your university?
– Gregory Currie
33 mins ago