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The Office of Student Life is part of the Division of Campus Life and Student Services

Disposition of Cases

The Dean for Campus Life or his/her designee may refer allegations of violations of the Standards of Student Conduct to one of the following options for resolution:

1. Mediation. Mediation is a non-disciplinary, voluntary, confidential means of resolving conflict. It brings the parties together with a trained mediator in an informal, neutral setting to discuss their dispute and to find a lasting solution to it. If a matter is referred to mediation, the timing/deadline requirements outlined in these procedures are suspended. If any party to a conflict is unwilling to engage in mediation or if the parties are unable to resolve the conflict through mediation, the matter may be referred to a disciplinary hearing for resolution. When parties successfully resolve their dispute through mediation, the mediator will notify the Dean for Campus Life that the matter has been resolved.
2. Peer Community Standards Board Hearing. The Peer Community Standards Board, comprised of undergraduate students, will hear matters involving undergraduate students that do not involve possible separation from the University. Typically, the Board will hear cases involving minor, first-time offenses.
3. Dean's Hearing. The deans of Student Life, the Graduate School, and the Medical School will hear matters involving offenses that do not involve possible separation from the University. Repeated offenses of any kind, however, may result in a determination that the matter should be resolved though a University Disciplinary Council hearing/administrative hearing.
4. University Disciplinary Council Hearing. The University Disciplinary Council, comprised of students, faculty, and deans, will hear matters involving offenses that may involve possible separation from the University.
5. Administrative Hearing. For matters serious enough to warrant a University Disciplinary Council hearing, the charged student has the option to have the matter resolved through an administrative hearing. In some cases, the Dean for Campus Life may refer a case directly to an administrative hearing if convening a University Disciplinary Council hearing would result in a significant delay in the resolution of the matter (e.g., during academic recesses).
6. Student Organization Hearing. Allegations of violations of University policies and regulations by student organizations will be resolved through student organization hearings conducted by the deans of the University.

For matters in which individuals pose a danger to themselves or the immediate well-being of the University community, the President, the Dean of the College, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, and the Dean for Campus Life have the authority to separate a student(s) from the University and to impose any additional conditions deemed necessary.