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It is an instructor's responsibility to maintain discipline and to
insist upon ethical and professional conduct in his/her classes.
Thus, s/he should take reasonable steps necessary to maintain
control of his/her class. When the instructor believes that there is reason to
discipline or counsel a student, s/he is empowered to undertake any
reasonable course of action. In
doing so, the instructor may optionally consult with the departmental
chairperson or associate chairperson, with faculty colleagues, with the
Dean of Students or Associate, with the Director of the
Counseling Center, or with any member of the Committee on Professional
Conduct for assistance and advice in any case.
However, the instructor remains personally responsible for
his/her disciplinary decisions and actions as much as for his/her
academic or professional actions.
An instructor acts only as the
initiator of the procedures for dealing with serious disciplinary
matters. The instructor
will inform the student of his/her intention to file formal charges.
The purpose of these procedural regulations is to protect the
individual instructor from the consequences of any unwitting, yet
legally actionable, unilateral, disciplinary action which might deny the
student his/her rights under the due process of the law.
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