The Committee on Divine Retribution meets for one of only two reasons.
1) A student with borderline personality disorder who has cheated at nearly everything she has ever attempted believes she can slime her way through an academic misconduct hearing with some obviously concocted "evidence" that proves her innocence.
2) The course instructor is a dick who believes a student's failure to follow (or creative interpretation of) course instructions warrants dismissal from the university.
I estimate that the last several hearings, all of Type 2, resulted in monetary loss on the order of $10,000, considering the number of deans, department heads, faculty, students and full-time staff required to convene a hearing. I would like to be able to support my fellow faculty, but they have to give me something -- anything! -- to work with.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
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I used to serve on my uni's J-Board (which was not nearly as expensive as yours, for whatever that's worth) and I saw a number of #1s. I never once saw a #2. Maybe if I'd stuck around for a third year?
Agree with Anonymous. I've seen a few #1 cases--hell, I've had a couple students who've pulled stuff like that, and I think one pain-in-the-ass young woman may actually *be* BPD from the antics I've seen in my classroom this semester. Haven't heard of or seen a case like #2. But I'm sure they've happened at the places where I've taught.
What a nightmare, AP, to have to serve on that committee. You have my sympathies.
Oh, Christ. Number 2 is an instructor who needs early retirement.
Number 1 - let's face it, what are the consequences if she loses this one? That she has to take another class? And, in the larger sense, even if she wins, what are the consequences? Will it matter to the world at large when/if she matriculates?
My spouse had to help come to a decision about a student who, in the process of paying an ill-conceived homage to a famous professor's provocative artistic antics, was charged with performing a hostile act on campus. And, interestingly enough, among those who were promoting the harshest penalties was the professor - a famous artist - himself. My spouse lost a lot of brownie points toeing the line the due process for the student, despite the professor's national prominence. Note for the good guys, however, my spouse prevailed.
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