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V.1. Officers
The board selects a chairperson and secretary for each hearing.
The secretary maintains a record of the hearing. This
record and all documents pertaining to the hearing are circulated
only to persons involved in the hearing and to the
appropri ate appeals officer (Vice President or President) in
the case of an appeal
V.2. Quorum. Decision
A quorum consists of at least four members, with a majority
of faculty and at least one student in attendance. Decision is
rendered by majority vote.
V.3. Parties Excluded from the Board
Any member of the Board who is party to the dispute under
consideration, or has other reason to feel that there is a legitimate
conflict of interest involved in his or her hearing a case,
is excluded from participating in the hearing.
V.4. Hearing Procedure
The purpose of the hearing is educational as well as disciplinary.
Thus, courtroom procedures and rules of evidence
need not be followed in the interest of ascertaining the facts
of the case.
Both student and instructor have the right to examine all
writ ten evidence prior to the hearing; this evidence shall be
kept in a restricted file in the dean’s office pending hearing.
Both student and instructor have the right to attend the
hearing and question and respond to witnesses. The student
may bring up to two advisors, provided one of them is a
member of the Col lege Community (faculty, staff, student).
The advisor(s) may advise the student and, with the permission
of the chairperson of the Board, address the Board.
The chairperson of the Board may remove any person from
the hearing room for obstruction of hearing.
V.5. Special Periods
The appropriate dean has authority to resolve disputes during
special periods, when the Academic Conduct Board cannot
meet.
VI. Class Attendance Pending Decision
The student accused of academic dishonesty may continue
in class until a final decision has been reached, including
appeal. Pending final determination of the charge, a grade
of Incom plete may be assigned in the disputed course or
courses.
VII. Penalties for Academic Dishonesty
The student found in violation of this policy may receive any
of the following sanctions, depending on the severity of the
offense and the number or repetition of offenses committed
by the student.
VII.1. Reprimand
When a first offense is judged to merit a minor penalty, the
student shall receive a written reprimand from the dean of
the school in which the course resides. The student may be
required to repeat the exercise or complete an alternative assignment,
as determined by the instructor.
Copies of the letter of reprimand will be sent to the school in
which the student is matriculated and to the Vice President
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for Academic Affairs, where it will be placed in the student’s
academic discipline folder (located in the Vice President’s office).
The dean may specify that the letter be removed from
the student’s folder after a specified length of time, upon
condition of the student’s good behavior.
VII.2. Loss of Credit for the Exercise
The student will be allowed to continue in the course, but
may not receive credit for the assignment or for any alternative
as signment that is required.
The student also receives a letter of reprimand. Copies of
the letter of reprimand will be sent to the school in which
the student is matriculated and to the Vice President for
Academic Affairs, where it will be placed in the student’s
academic discipline folder (located in the Vice President’s
office). If the student later requests an institutional letter of
reference, the letter may refer to the incident.
VII.3. Failing Grade in the Course
Notice is made in the student’s confidential academic discipline
folder of this penalty. If the student later requests an
institu tional letter of reference, the letter may refer to the
incident.
VII.4. Censure and Failing Grade
Repeated offenses, or a sufficiently serious first offense, may
result in the imposition of both the penalty of a failing grade
in the course and academic censure. The words “Censured
for Academic Dishonesty” appear in the student’s confidential
academic discipline folder. If the student later requests
an institutional letter of reference, the letter may refer to the
incident.
VII.5. Suspension or Dismissal
An unusually serious first offense, or repeated offenses, may
result in suspension or dismissal from college. The student
is suspended or dismissed from college as of the date of the
infraction and receives grades of F in all coursework for the
semester. Only the President may suspend or dismiss a student
from the college.
The words “Suspended” or “Dismissed for Academic Dishonesty”
appear on the student’s permanent academic transcript.
If the student later requests an institutional letter of
reference, the letter may refer to the incident.
Suspension is temporary withdrawal from the college for a
specified period of at least one semester, after which the student
may return in good standing, in accordance with the
standing regulations governing matriculation, by submitting
a petition for readmission.
Dismissal is withdrawal from the college without promise
of reinstatement and with loss of matriculated status.
Reinstate ment after dismissal requires the approval of the
Vice President for Academic Affairs, who must interview the
student and approve reinstatement. A student who has been
academi cally dismissed loses matriculated status and must
apply for matriculation at the time of reinstatement. The student
may not petition for readmission until at least one year
has passed after dismissal.
VIII. Record of Disciplinary Actions
Records pertaining to student violations of the Code of