Academic Standards

Within 10 academic days of concluding its deliberations, the Committee will send via email to the student, the instructor, the chair, the School's Dean's Office, and the Academic Standards Office a document containing its findings and any sanctions to be imposed.

The finds of the Academic Misconduct Committee must take one of three forms:

1. Findings Overturned, No Sanctions. 

• A finding that no academic misconduct took place and that no sanctions will be imposed.
• The student is exonerated, and any documentation related to the case within all offices will be expunged.

2. Findings Sustained, Sanctions Sustained. 

• A finding that academic misconduct occurred as described in the original instructor decision letter, and that the recommended sanction(s) be enacted.

3. Findings Sustained, Sanctions Revised. 

• A finding that academic misconduct occurred but that a different sanction from the one originally recommended by the instructor is more appropriate.
• This finding may involve an alternative sanction that is either more or less severe than the one originally recommended by the instructor.

The findings of the administrative review and/or committee review are final. No further appeal is available to the student.