Faculty Governance Board of Review on Academic Responsibility

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The following is taken from the Board website that is maintained by Elaine Hopkins, Associate Dean of Students in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The University makes a distinction between acts of academic irresponsibility and other conduct which may subject an individual to disciplinary action. To avoid confrontation between a student and professor, encourage consistency of recommended penalties, and protect the rights of individuals, charges of academic irrespponsibility are handled by the Board of Review on Academic Responsibility.

The Board of Review on Academic Responsibility is made up of ten faculty members (proposed by the Dean's Offices of Arts and Sciences and Engineering and submitted to the Faculty Council for approval) and students drawn from the membership of the Community Judicial Board. The Board is served by the Registrar as a permanent non-voting secretary. The faculty members serve staggered three-year terms. A faculty member who has been on the Board for at least one year normally serves as chair of the Board panel.

Each case of alleged academic irresponsibility is heard by a five-member panel composed of three faculty members who do not have the accused student(s) in class in the current semester and two students who do not know the student; every effort is made to secure gender representation on each Board panel. Upon receiving a case, the Associate Dean will ask the Registrar's Office to schedule a meeting of a Board panel. (For more information see Procedures for Board of Review Hearings.)

Committee Membership