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A. The Code of Student Conduct applies to all students enrolled at Tulane University. For conduct purposes, a student is enrolled when he/she accepts admission to the University and is deemed enrolled during summer sessions, study abroad programs, academic and conduct suspensions, and otherabsences where there is an expectation of continuing progress toward a Tulane University degree. If a student has graduated, withdraws, drops out, or is granted withdrawal from the University, including a retroactive one, he/she may still be required to resolve charge(s) arising from an alleged violation of the Code while he/she wasenrolled.

B. Personnel: Personnel with responsibility to enforce the Code include the following officials and groups: 1. Student Conduct Administrator: The Student Conduct Administrator is appointed by the Vice President for

Student Affairs. The Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative is responsible for meeting with members of the University community who have filed or wish to file a complaint of an alleged violation of the Code. The Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative advises students who wish to file a complaint and those who are charged with violating standards of the Code of their rights and responsibilities. The Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative serves as the non-voting chair of Hearing Boards and coordinates mediation efforts.

2. Student Conduct Officers: Student Conduct Officers are appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs. Student Conduct Officers conduct administrative hearings on cases accepted by the Student Conduct

Administrator, present cases before the Hearing Board, and chair Hearing Boards when directed by the Student Conduct Administrator.

3. The Hearing Board Pools:

a. The faculty pool shall consist of 18 faculty members: five from the School of Liberal Arts; four from the School of Science and Engineering; two each from the A. B. Freeman School of Business and the School of Continuing Studies; and one each from the School of Architecture, the Law School, the School of Social Work, the School of Medicine, and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Members will be appointed by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and will serve three- year terms, staggered. All members of the faculty pool shall attend training on the standards of conduct, sanctions, and the student conduct system.

b. The student pool shall be constituted in parallel numbers to the composition of the faculty pool. Members will be appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs for two-year terms, staggered. If the pool lacks eight members who live in the residence halls, additional members will be appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs. All members of the student pool shall attend training on the standards of conduct, sanctions, and the student conduct system.

c. The staff pool shall consist of nine staff members. Members will be appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs for three-year terms, staggered. All members of the staff pool shall attend training on the standards of conduct, sanctions, and the student conduct system.

C. Confidentiality: All participants in the process, including the charged student, the complainant, witnesses, hearing board members, and staff members are expected to keep confidential all proceedings and all documents under this Code. Any breach of confidentiality, unless required by law, may subject the responsible party to charges under this Code. However, the University cannot guarantee complete confidentiality to a complainant, notably where

confidentiality would conflict with the University’s obligation to investigate. Individuals who desire a more

confidential setting to clarify whether to proceed with a complaint may want to consult with a counselor, therapist, or member of the clergy, who is permitted by law to assure greater confidentiality. The University maintains conduct files as education records of both the complainant and the charged student, in accordance with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

D. Transcripts: Pending the resolution of a conduct proceeding, the Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative has sole discretion and final authority to determine whether the nature and severity of the charged conduct may result in a sanction requiring permanent notification on the charged student’s transcript. If the Student

notification on the charged student’s transcript, then the University shall withhold the student’s transcript and award of a degree until the charge is resolved; the Student Conduct Administrator or designee may authorize release of the transcript with a temporary notification of the pending conduct proceeding. Even if the charged conduct would not result in permanent notification on the student’s transcript, the Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative may require a charged student who is no longer enrolled at the University to resolve the charge and satisfy any sanction(s) before receiving a transcript or degree.

E. Mediation: Mediation is a collaborative and confidential process where students who have a conflict with one another identify issues, develop options, consider alternatives, and develop a consensual agreement facilitated by a neutral third party. Mediation can take place in lieu of an administrative hearing when all parties involved have agreed to mediation, pending the approval of the Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative. Mediation must be offered by the Student Conduct Administrator as an alternative to a conduct hearing for all alleged offenses which do not involve drugs, repeat alcohol violations, violence, a threat of violence, or any matter which in the sole discretion of the University gives rise to a safety concern. It is an alternative to filing formal charges and does not result in a conduct file.

1. The Conduct Mediation Team under the Office of Student Conduct shall be comprised of faculty, staff, and student members of Tulane University appointed by the Student Conduct Administrator.

2. The Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative will gather information about the conflict. 3. The Student Conduct Administrator or designated representative will contact students and invite their

participation in mediation.

4. Mediators will be assigned and a mediation session will be scheduled by the Office of Student Conduct.

5. At the session, the students will discuss the conflict, identify the issues, and together will strive to reach their own agreement.

6. The specifics of the agreement must be written and signed by all students involved. The students are responsible for upholding the agreement.

7. If the students fail to uphold the agreement or if the mediation fails, the original complaint or issue may be addressed by filing charges under the Code, as outlined above. Discussions during and outcomes of the mediation session are not admissible in a University hearing.