Originally posted by FHAZCat:
Redleg, perhaps, you can tell us how colleges and universities should handle rules violations. Currently, at every college and university in the country the student agrees to obey institutional rules as a condition of admission. Administrative hearings are held to determine if a preponderance of evidence exist to find if rules were violated. Sanctions are based on the severity of the violation if a violation occurred. I have never seen a university catalog that excluded specific groups of students from rules requirements, i.e., athletes. The process is based on case law and and can sometimes be cumbersome because of conflicting court findings. It is not a legal process and deals only with a student's privilege to continue to attend a specfic institution.
I might add that lawyers are only allowed to speak at such hearings, no matter how much they and others protest, if the administrative officer agrees for that to happen. Again, not a legal process. If laws are broken it is up to elected officials to deal with the situation. Universities can, and often do, proceed separately.
This post was edited on 3/28 8:08 PM by FHAZCat