does anyone know the makeup of this ruling council deciding on the fates of these guys?
how many make up the council?
where are they from? (students, faculty, admissions)
do they each have an equal vote? does a majority decide? (ie like a SCOTUS where a 5-4 ruling is all you need)
not looking for names or anything like tha---just trying to picture "who is in the room" when players "make their case"
A. Composition of Honesty Committees
A college or school may set up honesty committees at either the departmental or college level. The dean shall see that appropriate structures are established.
In all Honesty Committees, students must constitute the majority of members. Two options are available:
Departmental Honesty Committee:
Each department within the college establishes a standing Departmental Honesty Committee. The department chair appoints one faculty member from the department as chair of the Honesty Committee, a second faculty member from the department to serve on the Committee and normally three students (one of whom may be a graduate student) to serve on the Committee.
College Honesty Committee:
A single standing honesty committee is established for a college or school, and is called the College Honesty Committee. The dean appoints a faculty member from the college as chair of the Honesty Committee, a second faculty member of the college to serve on the Committee, and normally three students (one of whom may be a graduate student) to serve on the Committee.
To bring greater continuity and consistency to Honesty Committee deliberations and decisions over the years, it is recommended that one or more student members of the Committee each year not be in their final year of studies at Notre Dame. If a graduate student is included, the appointment of an undergraduate senior and an underclassman may be optimal. A dean or department chair may, with the approval of the Associate Provost who co-chairs the University Code of Honor Committee, compose the college or department committee, respectively, in a manner other than that described above, provided that the committee is chaired by a faculty member of the college and the majority of its members are students.
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After deliberation, the Committee decides, by a majority vote, whether the evidence supports a finding that the student under suspicion violated the honor code or whether the evidence does not support such finding, in which case the charges are dismissed. The standard for finding a student responsible is that the evidence is clear and convincing, meaning that it is far more reasonable to conclude that the violation did occur than it didn’t.
