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Elite College Offers Internship Credit for Cocain Dealing Students

Posted on Monday, April 15th 2013
Tags: campus, consequences, crime, discipline, drugs, educational, felony, law, legal, punishment, sanctions
Elite College Offers Internship Credit for Cocain Dealing Students
Officials at Luminity College have announced a pilot solution to the age-old dilemma of dealing with serious drug use on expensive college campuses. “After Operation Ivy League at Columbia, we had to come up with a plan other than just hoping our students wouldn’t get caught,” said Chancellor Drake Caesar, referencing the prosecution of five [...]

Housing Director Charged with Building New Hall on the Backs of Naughty Students

Posted on Wednesday, September 22nd 2010
Tags: conduct, creative, ethics, judicial, sanctions, service
Housing Director Charged with Building New Hall on the Backs of Naughty Students
by Evan Brews Freelance Writer Students living on campus at South Festoon University are growing concerned with a sharp increase in write-ups stemming from what they deem to be absurd reasons. Returning student Kimberly Anatole reported that she was written up for littering within the first few days of move-in. Anatole stated that she was [...]

Arizona Central University Proposes Deportation Sanction for Academic Misconduct

Posted on Wednesday, August 25th 2010
Tags: academic, arizona, honesty, immigration, plagiarism, sanctions
Arizona Central University Proposes Deportation Sanction for Academic Misconduct
by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer Inspired by state legislation that authorizes all Arizonans to deport others at will, the Student Conduct Office at Arizona Central University has proposed deportation as a sanction for academic misconduct cases. Seventy percent of the campus is in favor of the tough, new penalty. That majority includes Ted McCallister, a [...]

Restorative Justice: Putting an End to Retention-Unfriendly Suspensions and Expulsions

Posted on Friday, July 23rd 2010
Tags: asca, asja, conduct, creative, judicial, restorative justice, sanctions
Restorative Justice: Putting an End to Retention-Unfriendly Suspensions and Expulsions
by Ellica Valentino Freelance Writer Like many institutions, Vermont’s Hudson College recently revised its conduct hearing process, moving away from a formal courtroom setting to a less adversarial model. Instead of meeting on opposite sides of a boardroom table, Hudson College’s accused students and hearing officers now meet outside on the campus green. Attendees sit [...]

Case Closed: Judge Judy To Serve as Judicial Affairs Director

Posted on Friday, July 9th 2010
Tags: college, conduct, judge judy, judicial, philosophy, sanctions, university
Case Closed: Judge Judy To Serve as Judicial Affairs Director
by Dash Phillips Freelance Writer A press release today from Whetstone College announced the appointment of Judge Judith Scheindlin as the College’s new Director of Judicial Affairs. “We did a national search and no one’s credentials compared to Judge Judy’s,” said Dr. Fluorine Gordonson, Vice President for Student Life, Affairs, and Services to the press [...]

Nobel Prize Winner Thanks Bulletin Board Sanction for Changing His Life

Posted on Friday, April 23rd 2010
Tags: asca, asja, conduct, creative, educational, judicial, sanctions
Nobel Prize Winner Thanks Bulletin Board Sanction for Changing His Life
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech social scientist Mario Falk reflected on what he called a “teachable moment” that impacted his life years earlier and thanked a college conduct officer for changing his world view. “I was caught drinking beer in my dorm when I was a freshman in college, and rather than punishing me, [...]

Student Successfully Pulls a Tiger Woods at Conduct Hearing

Posted on Monday, January 18th 2010
Tags: accountability, college, conduct, hearing, judicial, sanctions, student
Student Successfully Pulls a Tiger Woods at Conduct Hearing
Transcript from sophomore Chip Park’s recent conduct hearing Hearing Officer: Chip, we’ve had reports from at least twenty-five residents and staff members in your residence hall, saying you’ve done things to humiliate them. Chip: I’m not perfect, that’s true. I have a lot to think about and work out with my floor. Is it okay [...]

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