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Keeping Our Campus SafeThrough the Application Process
Nancy WalshDirector of Admissions Operations
Amy LedfordCoordinator of Freshman Review
Student Discipline/Criminal History Application Screening
Process• Why we do it• History • Asking the right
questions• Internal process• Questions
Why We Do It
• Student Code• Maintain a safe and secure campus• Identify high risk students
History
•1996: Discussions Began– Consulting firm – Surveys of prospective students and parents
•1998: Screening Question Added– Separate from the application– Not a perfect system
•2013: Added to the Application
The Application
Asking the Right Questions
It all starts with the Application
Academic LeaveDisciplinary Action
Criminal Record
Troubleshooting“I forgot to include . . . on my application”
“I was suspended after submitting my application”
School official sends notificationReporting doesn’t stop at application; required
up to enrollment
Academic ReviewThe Reviewer’s Perspective
•Cannot view answers •Academically Denied•Academically Admitted or Wait Listed
– Block decisions until discipline/criminal history investigation is complete
The Internal Process
Answering Yes
Flagged
Pre-Screen: Admissions
Student Conflict Resolution Liaison
Case Review Committee
Associate Provost
The Student Discipline Work List
Pre-Screen: AdmissionsInvestigate or Close
Investigate
• Alcohol• Drugs• Hazing• Arrest• Expulsion• Sexual
Assault/Harrassment• Computer Hacking
• Multiple academic integrity issues in HS
• Academic integrity issue in college
• Suspension over 10 days
• Multiple suspensions• Vague explanation
Pre-Screen: AdmissionsInvestigate or Close
Close
• Academic performance explanation• Smoking tobacco• Violation of school policy• Minor physical altercation• Minor academic integrity
– Single instance– Multiple instances, but over a year ago
The Student Discipline Work List
Student Conflict Resolution
Liaison takes one of the following actions:
• Close• Clear• Investigate• Recommend Action
Case Review Committee• Who serves on the CRC?
– Division of Public Safety– University Counsel– Provost Office– ISSS– Housing– Faculty
• No in-person meetings
Case Review Committee
Liaison recommends one of the following:
• Admit without restriction• Admit on Censure• Admit on Internal Conduct Probation• Denial
The Student Discipline Work List
Student Discipline Denial
•Approval by Associate Provost•Letter via Certified Mail
– Maintaining Safe Campus Environment – Failure to Participate
•Option to Appeal•Reapplying
Making it Work
Creating a Process• Campus
Commitment• Clearly Defined
Process• Loopholes• Extra Work
• Review Communication
• Student Info System• Focus Groups
Questions?