How do I appeal a decision made by the Honor and Conduct Board regarding an Honor Code violation?
• The appeal process for academic violations is outlined on page 65 of the Student Handbook. • A student may appeal an Honor and Conduct Board’s decision for any of four reasons: faulty administrative conference procedures, insufficient information to find a student responsible for the Honor Code violation, sanctions assigned are too severe and new information. • Students will most likely never speak to anyone face to face about their letter of appeal because the appeal process itself is a review of the original hearing including the findings and sanctions. For this reason, a student’s letter of appeal should include all the information that he/she would like the Appeals Board to know about his/her situation. • Letters of appeal should be addressed to Provost Thomas Falkner and submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs within three days of the date of the original hearing. • The Appeals Board consists of Provost Falkner and a faculty member and student selected by the Provost. How do
