IV. Sanctioning Guidelines

If a student is found responsible for violation(s) of the Honor Code, the Honor Board must select the sanction(s) to be imposed. Below a range of possible sanctions is presented, so that the severity of the penalty can be chosen to correspond to the seriousness of the offense. Sanctions are recommended by the members of the Honor Board and are imposed after they have been reviewed by the Director of Student Affairs with regard to severity and, to the degree possible, consistency with previous cases. The Director of Student Affairs must inform the student charged of the Honor Board's determination (and any possible sanctions) in person or by telephone and in writing within five (5) business days of such determination. Keep in mind that professors must withhold assigning grades for any disputed assignments and the final course grade until the Disciplinary Hearing Procedures have been completed.

 

Sanctions include but are not limited to:

 

• A notation of Disciplinary Probation in the student's file (to be destroyed upon graduation).
• A notation of Disciplinary Probation in the student's permanent record (The permanent record is not destroyed and is used for references and clearances post-graduation).
• A notation of Disciplinary Probation on the student's transcript.
• A requirement that the student complete an educational activity, to underscore the nature of the infraction and its implications (for example, writing a 7-page paper on the professional consequences of plagiarism to be reviewed by the Honor Board, or passing a course in research ethics or scientific writing).
• A recommendation to the professor to assign a grade of "F" for a particular paper or assignment, or even as the final grade for the course.
• Suspension from the Mailman School of Public Health for a designated time, noted in the student's file (to be destroyed upon graduation).
• Suspension from the Mailman School of Public Health for a designated time, noted in the student's permanent record (the permanent record is not destroyed and is used for references and clearances post graduation).
• Suspension from the Mailman School of Public Health for a designated period of time, noted on the student's transcript.
• Expulsion from the Mailman School of Public Health noted in the student's permanent record and transcript.

 

Note: This section on sanctioning guidelines applies to all stages of the Honor Board proceedings (including the Initial Determination by co-chairpersons, full Honor Board hearing, or appeals process). The term "Honor Board" above refers interchangeably to the co-chairpersons or the full Honor Board committee, as applicable.