REVIEWING THE CODE
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CODE
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H.' University Housing Transfer or
Removal:
Placement in another room or housing unit or
removal from University housing.
I. Removal from Specific Courses or
Activities:
Suspension or transfer from courses or activi-
ties at the University for a specified period of
time.
J. No Contact:
Restriction from entering specific University
areas and/or all forms of contact with certain
person(s).
K. Suspension:
Separation from the University for a specified
period of time or until certain conditions are met.
L. Expulsion:
Permanent separation from the University.
RELATED PROCEDURES
A. Emergency Suspension:
If a student's actions pose an immediate dan-
ger to any member of the University community,
the VPSA or a designee may immediately sus-
pend the student pending a meeting. Except in
extraordinary circumstances that meeting shall
be scheduled within two academic calendar
days. At this meeting, the student will be given
the opportunity to make a statement and present
evidence. If the emergency suspension is contin-
ued, the student will be offered an arbitration
option within ten academic calendar days.
B. Procedural and Interpretive Questions:
All procedural and interpretive questions con-
Code Sanctions:
A. Formal Reprimand:
A formal notice that the Code has
been violated and that future
violations will be dealt with more
severely.
B. Disciplinary Probation:
A designated period of time during
which the student is not in good
standing with the University. The
terms of probation may involve
restrictions of student privileges
and/or set specific behavioral
expectations.
C. Restitution:
Compensation for loss, damage, or
injury to the appropriate party in the
form of service, money, or material
replacement.
;and why her or his behavior
ppropriate.
one or more tasks
efit the community
ident understand why,
dor was inappropri-.
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H. University Housing Transfer or
Removal:
Placement in another room or housing
unit or removal from University
housing.
I. Removal from Specific Courses or
Activities:
Suspension or transfer from courses
or activities at the University for a
specified period of time.
from Employment at
J.
som entering specific
ras and/or all forms
certain persons).
tion will be made on the student's academic
record. The notation of suspension will be
removed at the time the student is readmitted to
the University.
E. Student Access to Records:
Records and documents that will be consid-
ered during an arbitration will be made avail-
able in advance to all parties but may be
redacted to protect the privacy rights of indi-
viduals not directly involved in the resolution
process.
F. Reports of Actions:
Statistical reports of actions taken through
the Code will be published following each aca-
demic term. These data will cover the number
of complaints and the types of violations, res-
olutions, and sanctions. Periodic, regular
review of Code arbitrations will be made
available, in confidence, to the Student Rights
Commission Chair of MSA. Personally identi-
fiable information will be removed from all
records prior to any review.
G. Concurrent Legal and Code
Proceedings:
If an accused student is undergoing civil or
criminal action for the same behavior which
forms the basis of a complaint under this
Code; the accused student may choose to delay
a Code resolution until the external proceed-
ings come to fruition. By choosing to delay the
Code process, the accused student accepts sus-
pension from the University and may not enter
University property without authorization
from the RC.
H. Advisor Corps:
MSA, with approval of the General Counsel,
has the option to develop a student peer advi-
sor corps. These advisors will be available to
any student party
involved an arbi-
tration. All
potential peer
advisors in the
Advisor Corps
must successful-
ly complete
training provided
by the ffr of
of
-nrollment and completion of a ciass K.-zuspensio
or workshop that could help the Separation from the University for a
student understand why her or his specified period of time or until cer-
behavior was inappropriate. tain conditions are met.
F. Educational Project:
Completion of a project specifically
designed to help the student
L. Expulsion:
Permanent separation from the
University.
cerning the
Code will be
resolved by the
VPSA or
designee. At
any time, the
VPSA or the
RC may con-
sult the Office
of the General
Counsel about
a case or proce-
dures.
C. Selection
of Mediators,
Student
Panelists, and
Resolution
Officers:
University
mediators will
be selected by
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and valuesk
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sliding fee scale. A neutral mediator will be
assigned to each mediation. Each winter term 60
students will be appointed to serve as panelists
for the following academic year.
The student
government of
each school and
college, in con-
sultation with its
Dean or
designee, will
x appoint a number
of students pro-
portionate to its
college's share of
rr the total
University
Graduate stu-
ess in, whiCh dents will be
unpoular appointed
through their
home school or
UtE college. It is
expected that
each student gov-
ernment will appoint a diverse pool of students
to serve as panelists. Resolution Officers are
recommended by the Faculty Senate and/or the
VPSA. Each Student Resolution Panel will con-
sist of five voting student panelists and a non-
voting Resolution Officer who will oversee the
proceedings.
D. Records
of Resolution
Actions:
Records will
be maintained
by the RC with
Students
have the
regard to any rig to fne
and all actions
taken under the treated
C o d e .
Accordingly, fairly and
records will be
maintained by wit d n
the RC of com-
plaints, media- r
tions, arbitra- f a e c
tions, findings, V e' ,c
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University of
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Student Rights and Student Records Policy.
If a student is suspended or expelled, a nota-
reed, dfisabiliy
national origin
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rtation, or
oy ie o ice or
the RC.
I. Amending
the Code of
Student
Conduct:
This Code of
Student Conduct
may only be
amended by a
majority vote of
the Regents of
the University of
Michigan. MSA,
the Senate
Assembly, or the
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the VPSA. A list of trained non-university medi-
ation services will be maintained by the Office
of the Vice President for Student Affairs. The
VPSA will try to identify non-university media-
tors who will serve par ties at no charge or on a
University administration may
amendments to the Code.
propose
Administrators, faculty, students review Code
REVIEW
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For the second part of the review,
Hartford commissioned a nine-per-
son group of administrators, faculty
members and students to perform a
University-wide review of the Code
process.
The Code Implementation Review
Committee, which is chaired by
Career Planning and Placement
Director Simone Himbeault Taylor,
has been working since summer to
sent letters to students who had been
accused of violating the Code, ask-
ing them how they thought the Code
process worked.
During the Code review panel's
weekly meetings, Taylor said, its
members leave their personal feel-
ings at the door.
"We are making every effort to
make it very objective," she said. "It
does not reflect our point of view."
The third phase of the Code review
process will begin in November and
consist of an outside analysis by con-
three reports into one to present to the
regents at the board's first 1999 meet-
ing. The regents will use the report as
an informational tool to decide
whether to change the Code.
Hartford said she is not involved
with the actual work of the review
groups, so she said she doesn't know
what will end up on the regent's
table, although the final report will
included information gathered dur-
ing the three review stages, and will
include University opinions and
research.
"It's going to provide a snapshot of
the University opinion that we were
able to garner."
- Simone Himbeault Taylor
Chair of the Code Implementation Review Committee
student who serves on both the
MSA review committee and the
official University group, said the
students' review, lead by assembly
"We don't want to present any-
thing from a .one-sided perspective
because there are so many ideas out
about" the Code, Savic said, adding
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