The Honor Committee discussed amending a bylaw that could potentially allow the Committee to investigate School of Continuing and Professional Studies cases that do not originate in Charlottesville at last night’s meeting.
Currently, the Committee’s bylaws read that cases reported against SCPS students will be investigated by the regional director who is trained to conduct honor investigations. The current bylaws also state that the Committee may choose to apply “some or all of its standard, unmodified, procedures to SCPS cases originating in Charlottesville.” Under the proposed bylaw, the Committee would add that all allegations relating to online courses will be investigated and processed by the Committee in Charlottesville, in addition to cases originating in Charlottesville.
“It clarifies how jurisdiction is going to work in cases that emerge from SCPS,” Vice Chair for Investigations Blair Hawkins, who proposed the amendment, said during the meeting. “It deals specifically with online courses.”
Committee Chair Jess Huang explained that the change is intended to benefit the student as much as possible. For example, an SCPS student taking an online course could live far away from the one SCPS regional center of the six centers in Central Virginia, Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Roanoke and Southwest Virginia that offers the course online. In this instance under the proposed bylaw, the Committee would investigate a case, rather than the regional director.
“It would be possibly more beneficial for the Honor Committee to conduct the case,” Huang said.
Graduate Rep. Adam Trusner suggested changing the bylaw to read, “allegations relating to online courses may be investigated and processes in Charlottesville” instead of “will be investigated and processed in Charlottesville.” Trusner noted that a student who is taking an online course may actually be within close proximity of the regional center offering the course.
“There’s a lot more flexibility by adding the word ‘may,’” Trusner said, noting that ultimately, the Committee would be able to decide whether it or the regional director would investigate a case.
All SCPS cases, however, will continue to be tried in Charlottesville by the Committee regardless of who conducts the investigation, according to the Committee’s bylaws. The Committee expects to vote on the bylaw amendment in the coming weeks.
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