MSW Student Guide
Section 1.13.02: Powers of the Academic Concerns Committee
A variety of procedures and courses of action shall be available to the Academic Concerns Committee in any matter over which it has taken jurisdiction. The Committee shall have the right to obtain from administrators, the aggrieved, and the party or parties grieved against information or data relevant to the complaint. The Academic Concerns Committee (ACC) reviews students reported in violation of the codes of academic and professional misconduct. The ACC has the authority to impose sanctions noted in volume 1, section 13.06 Potential Outcomes of the Academic Concerns Committee.
ACC deliberation procedures shall include: (a) informal mediatory efforts; (b) informal or formal, usually private, hearings during which the aggrieved and the party or parties grieved against will have the opportunity to present their positions; (c) advisory findings and recommendations on the merits of the protest of complaint provided to the associate dean for educational programs. In addition, the Academic Concerns Committee is authorized to bring the matter to the attention of the dean.
ACC deliberation procedures shall include: (a) informal mediatory efforts; (b) informal or formal, usually private, hearings during which the aggrieved and the party or parties grieved against will have the opportunity to present their positions; (c) advisory findings and recommendations on the merits of the protest of complaint provided to the associate dean for educational programs. In addition, the Academic Concerns Committee is authorized to bring the matter to the attention of the dean.