Academic Honor Principle and Standards of Conduct Cases.
Students who receive a letter of reprimand or are placed on College Probation
by a class dean may request that the Dean of First Year Students or the
Dean of Upperclass Students, as appropriate, review the outcome. Complainants
in COS cases and students sanctioned by the COS or by the COS chair following a
one-on-one hearing may request that the Dean of the College review the outcome.
Requests for review may be made only on the basis of one or more of the following
grounds:
1) procedural error which has materially prejudiced the student's case;
2) newly discovered information which, had it been available at the time
of the hearing, would likely have affected the outcome either with regard
to a finding of responsibility or with regard to the sanction imposed (if the
information was not reasonably available to the student at the time of the
proceeding).
The reviewing dean has the sole discretion to determine whether either of
these standards for review have been met. A request for review must be in writing
and must set forth in reasonable detail the grounds for review, and must have
attached to it any materials the student wishes to have considered in his or her
request. The request, with all accompanying materials, must be submitted by the
student within seven (7) days of the date of the written decision in his or her case.
Following review, the Dean may uphold the original decision, adjust the sanction
as the Dean deems appropriate, or refer the matter back to the Dean or the COS
panel that heard the case for further consideration.
2008-2009 Student Handbook
