| University Disciplinary Actions for
1998-99
Edward Turkington, Deputy Dean of Students in the University The Office of the Dean of Students in the University has been asked by the Council of the University Senate to report each year on matters pertaining to the University disciplinary legislation enacted by the council on May 23, 1970, and amended on June 8, 1976. I am happy to report that no University disciplinary committee was required to meet during the 1998-99 academic year. The Office of the Dean of Students also reports to the council on disciplinary matters that have occurred in the various academic units during the year. In 1998-99, area disciplinary committees were convened on eleven occasions to act on questions involving twelve students. The Committee on College Discipline was convened three times: A student who had plagiarized a paper was suspended for one quarter. The committee then suspended the suspension. In a case where a student had used physical force to threaten and frighten another student on the city street, the committee instructed the Dean of Students in the College to create a confidential file but imposed no other sanction. A student who was found to have stolen property from other students at an off-campus location was expelled. The sanction was sustained upon review. Disciplinary committees in the professional schools and graduate divisions met on eight occasions. Six hearings were held in the Graduate School of Business. A committee found that a student had cheated on an exam, and it suspended the student for two quarters. A student who continued using e-mail in a disruptive manner with faculty after being warned to stop was suspended for three quarters. The sanction was rendered moot, however, when the student completed the M.B.A. and graduated before the sanction was to take effect. In another case, two students were found to have improperly collaborated on a course project. One student was suspended for five quarters; the other was placed on probation. A committee suspended for one quarter a student who physically assaulted another student in a campus building. A student who provided false information on a financial aid application form was suspended for four quarters. The sanction was sustained upon review. Finally, a committee imposed a two-quarter suspension on a student for plagiarism. In the Law School, a committee met to consider a charge of plagiarism. The committee decided that the student had been less than careful with citations, but it concluded that there had not been intention to deceive. No sanction was imposed. In the Division of the Social Sciences, a committee found that a student had harassed another student with persistent telephone calls, e-mails, letters, and attempts at direct contact after being told that no communication was desired. The committee placed the student on probation for as long as the student remains registered at the University. The chart below shows the numbers of students sent before area disciplinary committees for the past ten academic years.
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