Students own the copyright in works created in or as part of the University of Arizona Global Campus course. Students grant to the University of Arizona Global Campus and its administration, faculty and staff, a license and/or permission to use their work for research and educational purposes which includes, but is not limited to, institutional and academic research projects, program review, and assignment exemplars. No personally identifiable information will be included per Institutional Review Board standards for the protection of human rights. In addition, such information will be kept confidential in accordance with the U.S. Department of Education's Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations. The University will adhere to all laws, ethics, and criteria for ensuring and protecting rights to privacy and identity.
The University of Arizona Global Campus monitors student work for plagiarism, including the use of anti-plagiarism applications, tools, and services. The University of Arizona Global Campus maintains the right to submit student work or require a student to submit his or her work to a plagiarism application, tool, or service at any time. Additionally, the University of Arizona Global Campus prohibits the sale of student work as a violation of the Academic Integrity Policy.
In regard to student employees, this policy is upheld for all works created within their roles as students. Works created within their roles as employees are outside the scope of this policy and therefore, held to employee regulations.
Ownership and Use of Student Doctoral Research
Doctoral research is subject to additional levels of approval and copyrighting. Students own the copyright to all stages of their university- and IRB- approved research.
Final manuscripts approved for publication in ProQuest Dissertations receive standard copyright protection with the option of additional levels copyright protection.
Doctoral students grant to the University of Arizona Global Campus and its administration, faculty and staff permission to use their dissertations for research and educational purposes including, but are not limited to, institutional teaching and learning effectiveness, topics studied, assessment of research rubrics, and time to complete research milestones.
Published dissertations used as exemplars or as annotated guides protect the author’s identity but still require the author’s signed consent. Exemplars are available to all actively enrolled doctoral students through the UAGC Research Resource Center.