The Catholic University of America

Student Conduct Hearing 

Accused students will meet with an SCED staff member prior to a student conduct hearing, during a pre-hearing intake meeting. The staff member reviews the conduct charge(s) against the student and provides the student with the all relevant written mate­rials. At this point in the process, the student will typical­ly be able to choose to accept responsibility for the charge(s), or choose to appear before the University Hearing Board or a student conduct administrator to review and determine whether the student is responsible (or not responsible) for a violation of the Code.
 
Students who accept responsibility for charge(s) do not appear before the University Hearing Board; rather, the accused student has a conversation with a student conduct administrator about the incident and reviews the possible sanctions that may be issued. Students should not assume that they will receive a lesser sanction by accepting responsibility for the charge(s).
 
Students who dispute the charge(s) may request a hearing before the University Hearing Board. If the student elects for this option, then the SCED staff member will use the intake meet­ing to review the hearing process and to answer any questions the student may have related to this process. Charged students will be assigned the first available hearing date. An accused student may also choose to have an administrative hearing, which is a formal meeting between the accused student and a student conduct administrator, and will follow the same format as a student conduct hearing.
 
Accused students should thoroughly read the Guide to the CUA Student Conduct Process (link to document) prior to their intake meeting.

 

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