12-15-2014, 05:25 PM
(12-12-2014, 04:28 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:There is also a move to shift the judicial proceedings away from campus administrative procedures and into the legal arena. This makes a lot of sense. Campus disciplinary proceedings are really geared towards dealing with issues that are wrong (academic fraud, plagiarism, cheating), but not illegal. I was never sure why acts that are illegal by state law should be adjudicated internally.
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I'm a big supporter of turning over all of this stuff to police/DA. Let the University deal with academic-related issues but for alleged criminal offenses there is a system for that already. University can take disciplinary action based on legal proceedings.