College Student Handbook Updates
The following addendum was made on 9/12/08 to the Daniel's Dictionary section titled LEARNING DIFFERENCES (page 24).
If, with appropriate documentation, a student requests a change in scheduling, training, or expectations with regard to his/her participation in a sport, the coach will arrange to meet with the Director of Athletics and the relevant specialist, e.g., the disability specialist or the director of health services, to determine if appropriate modifications can be made based on the documentation on file. Each request will be considered on an individual basis.
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Caspersen School Student Handbook Updates
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Theological School Student Handbook Updates
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PROCEDURES FOR HEARING CASES OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY page 36 10/8/04
This procedure applies retroactively for theses and dissertations accepted in good faith by the Drew University Theological School toward completion of a degree, but later suspected of being plagiarized in part or in full. Instructors or others suspecting plagiarism shall report alleged cases of academic dishonesty to the Associate Academic Dean of the Theological School. Students should help to maintain the standards of the university by reporting all cases of academic dishonesty they observe.
The usual response to an allegation that the Academic Integrity Policy has been violated is for the Associate Academic Dean to convene an Academic Integrity Committee as described below. When the allegation is the first one made against a student, and the alleged offense seems minor or even unintentional, an Alternative Resolution Procedure may be attempted. This procedure applies only when the student, the instructor, and the Associate Academic Dean agree that it is appropriate. All of the steps described below under Alternative Resolution Procedure must be completed for the matter to be resolved without a full hearing by an Academic Integrity Committee.
1. Academic Integrity Committee:
a. When a charge of academic dishonesty is brought, the Associate Academic Dean will notify the student, convene, and chair a committee made up of one faculty member, the reporting instructor, the student's adviser, and, should the student desire it, one other person of the accused student's choosing, usually a member of the university community. When any member of this committee believes that he or she should not hear a case because of a possible conflict of interest, that member should excuse him or herself.
b. The student may request, and will be granted, up to a week to prepare his or her response before being called before the committee. In the first stage of the hearing, both the faculty member bringing the charge and the accused student will be present and each will make an oral statement to the committee and answer any questions. At this stage, either may ask to address the committee without the other's being present and will be granted the right to do so.
c. The student, the reporting faculty member, and the student's advocate will be asked to wait outside the room while the committee discusses the case, and either may be called back into the room to answer questions. At the end of their deliberations on the case, the Associate Academic Dean, the one faculty member, and the student's adviser will vote on the matter.
d. A decision of guilt or innocence will be based on a preponderance of the evidence in the case; however, other factors, such as any prior accusations or any mitigating circumstances, may be taken into account in the determination of penalty.
In all cases, both the student and the faculty member bringing the charge may appeal the decision as described below.
e . All documents relating to the case will be placed on file in the office of the Associate Academic Dean where they will remain until the student's file is destroyed three years after graduation.
Penalties
The individual merits of each case are weighed by the committee, which determines the penalty accordingly. The committee considers the purpose both of the hearing and the penalty to be educational; penalties are determined with that in mind.
First Offense:The maximum penalty is a failing grade for the course and a suspension for one semester from the Theological School. Other penalties may include, but are not limited to, a failing grade and/or loss of credit for the course, denial of some or all honors conferred by the University, and loss of credit for the assignment or the course. When the committee finds that a violation has occurred, a letter stating the committee's ruling will be placed in the student's permanent file, as well as in the file in the Associate Academic Dean's office. Any such letters will be a part of the record in subsequent cases and appeals.
Second Offense: The maximum penalty is expulsion from Drew and/or the revocation of a degree issued by Drew.
2 . Alternative Resolution Procedure:
a. The student (with a support person of his/her choosing if desired), the instructor, and the Associate Academic Dean meet to look over the alleged violation.
b. The student admits misusing sources and violating the Academic Integrity Policy and agrees to correct the work in a manner satisfactory to the course instructor.
c. The student completes and signs a form that describes the violation and the corrective measures to be undertaken and includes a promise that the problem will not occur again.
d. The instructor completes and signs a form that describes the incident and certifies that it has been resolved satisfactorily. That form, together with all documentary material from the case, will be placed on file in the office of the Associate Academic Dean, where it will remain until the student's file is destroyed three years after the student graduates.
e. If the student is later found to have committed another violation of the standards of academic integrity, the documentary material on file from any prior invocation of the Alternative Resolution Procedure will be used as evidence of a first offense in the penalty phase of the hearing and the penalty will be more severe than it would be for a first offense.
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