Can a student appeal the decision of COAM?
If a student is found “in violation of the Code of Student Conduct,” the student may appeal the Committee’s decision. The appeal process is described in the Code of Student Conduct (3335-23-18) and the Committee’s Procedures and Rules (Section 11). Students are informed of the appeal process when they meet with the Committee’s Coordinator, when the Committee’s decision is read at the hearing, and in the letter that they receive after the hearing. A student may appeal the Committee’s decision based only upon one or more of the following grounds: • Procedural error; • Misapplication or misinterpretation of the rule alleged to have been violated; • Findings of facts not supported by a preponderance of the evidence; • Discovery of substantial new facts that were unavailable at the time of the hearing; and • That the sanction imposed is grossly disproportionate to the violation committed. If a student elects to have a case resolved in an administrative decision, the only basis for an appeal
