STUDENT DUE PROCESS/GENERAL STATEMENT	No. 6-23	Rev.
		Date 6-6-91

OLD VERSION

POLICY:

Due process in an academic setting is a system of procedures designed to produce fair and reasonable judgments in those situations in higher education which may yield a serious adverse decision concerning or relating to a member of the university community. In general, due process seeks a clear, orderly, and fair way of rendering decisions by providing procedural and substantive safeguards. Due process furnishes the structure for a reasonable and fair administration of justice in institutions of higher learning. Complaints or charges requiring due process may be originated by an individual or group (complainant) from outside or from within the university community, yet the process itself involves the university community. It may be initiated in the interest of the university community or the public to insure accountability under these policies. This process presupposes that the dispute has not been resolved informally by direct communication between the parties without recourse to these procedures.