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Part 6. Student Affairs

Section IX. Student Conduct

B. Academic Dishonesty Board

1. Charge and Scope of Academic Dishonesty Board

The charge of the Board is to consider cases of significant infractions of academic honesty leading to suspension or expulsion. Further, the scope of the Academic Dishonesty Board shall be limited to those appeals that can be fully documented by evidence. The Board shall not hear matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Judicial Board or general academic complaints that should be referred directly to the Dean of the College and/or the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The Board is not a peer review board or a committee to evaluate general teaching effectiveness. Decisions of the Academic Dishonesty Board may not be appealed to the Scholastic Appeals Board.

2. Procedures

a. The Academic Dishonesty Board will be drawn from a pool of faculty members appointed by the Academic Standards Council, a pool of students appointed by the ASISU President, and include a representative from the Division of Student Affairs. The Chairperson of the Academic Dishonesty Board shall be a faculty member appointed by the Chairperson of the Academic Standards Council.

b. The procedure for a request to activate the Academic Dishonesty Board shall be as follows:

(1) The Registrar will notify the Chair of the Academic Standards Council that a student has received a second “F” with notation or a faculty member/administrator may send a request to the Chair of the Academic Standards Council asking a board be formed.

(2) Copies of all written charges, answers, and arguments and all tangible evidence presented at the Dean’s formal hearing shall be attached to the request submitted to the Chair of the Academic Standards Council by a faculty member.

(3) The Chairperson shall select three faculty members and three students from the pools of faculty members and students and will call a meeting of the Academic Dishonesty Board, including a representative from the Division of Student Affairs. When the request is from a faculty member, the request shall be read at the initial hearing and a vote shall be taken to determine whether the Board should convene to consider suspension or expulsion. When the Academic Dishonesty Board holds a formal hearing, a date for the formal hearing shall be set. Notice of the formal hearing shall be mailed to the parties involved at least two weeks prior to the hearing. This notice must also inform the involved persons that, while not entitled to legal counsel, each person may choose a peer group member to accompany him or her at the meeting. Peer group members for faculty are other faculty members. Peer group members for students are other students.

(4) A written report of the Board’s proceedings, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The sanction shall be imposed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, who will notify, in writing, the student, the registrar, the dean (or designee) of the college in which the student is a major, and the director of scholarships. A copy of this notification will be placed in the student’s permanent file.