Draft
Expulsion Clemency Policy: Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory
Blimling summarized an addendum to the University
Code of Student Conduct, which he had sent to the Executive Committee with
an explanatory
cover email. Dr. Blimling said that the policy would be going to the Board
of Governors for action in October, and that the University Senate did not need
to approve it. He explained the process by which a committee assigned to the
task had developed the clemency policy. Blimling said the item had been brought
to the Executive Committee as an information item, and asked if anyone had
suggestions for areas of consideration not previously mentioned. He then
responded to questions about the policy relative to decisionmaking authorities,
similar policies at other institutions, the need for the policy, the number of
requests for clemency from expelled students, and specifics of readmission and
admission on disciplinary probation. Senator Peter Gillett suggested changing
"mitigating circumstances" to "extenuating circumstances," a suggestion with
which Blimling agreed. There was also brief discussion of clemency officers, the
academic integrity policy, and the process by which changes to these policies
are enacted.