COS Hearings
The UJAO will be responsible for providing to the COS all relevant material relating to cases which come before it. In all Academic Honor Principle and Standards of Conduct cases referred to the COS, the COS will conduct a hearing in accordance with the procedures set forth in Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities. Where, after a hearing, the COS finds a student responsible for one or more violations, it will then recommend a penalty to the Chair, who will determine the penalty after consideration of the recommendation. If the Chair disagrees with the recommended penalty, and the issue of penalty cannot be resolved within the COS, the COS will call in the designated Arbitrator. If the designated Arbitrator cannot serve, the next ranked alternate shall serve. The President, with the advice of the Committee Advisory to the President (CAP), shall annually appoint an Arbitrator and two ranked Alternate Arbitrators at the last meeting of the CAP in each academic year.
When an Arbitrator is called in, his or her authority shall be limited to choosing between the penalties presented by the COS and the Chair. In making this choice, the Arbitrator shall consider such portions of the record as he or she deems appropriate and may consult with the COS, the Chair, and such other participants in the hearing as he or she deems appropriate. If the COS and the Chair reach agreement on penalty at any time before the Arbitrator renders his or her decision, the Arbitrator shall withdraw from the case and shall render no decision.
Consideration of Prior Record
In all Academic Honor Principle and Standards of Conduct cases before the COS or a Dean, upon a determination of responsibility, a student's Dean's Office file (which the student may also review in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) may be considered for purposes of imposing an appropriate penalty. Additionally, the COS or Dean, in imposing a penalty, may consider the penalties imposed at the College in other cases. Where the COS recommends penalty, the Chair shall have discretion to determine the appropriate form and manner of presentation of information to the COS concerning both the individual student's record and the disposition of other behavior cases that may be helpful in formulating a penalty recommendation.
Disclosure of Decision
The UJAO will promptly notify students of decisions of the Deans and the COS. Decisions of the COS and the Deans may be revealed to authorized College personnel, to the accused student, and, in appropriate circumstances, to the accused student's parents or guardian and the victim/complainant.
The COS or the Dean hearing a case may choose to comment publicly, in writing or otherwise, regarding the decision reached if, in the judgment of the COS or that Dean, the best interest of the community would be served by such a disclosure. If possible and appropriate, the anonymity of the student involved will be protected.
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