Nursing Student Handbook 2012-2013

120 College of Nursing the students and must do so within five working days of receipt of notification. The appeal must be submitted in writing to the chair of the College of Health Care Sciences and College of Nursing’s appeals committee. • Appeals not submitted within the aforementioned timeframe shall not be heard. • Appeals must follow the procedures outlined in the section entitled Student Appeals, later in this section. Disciplinary Warning/Probation/Dismissal The purpose of this policy is to ensure adherence to the university’s Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility and provide guidance to students who may be in violation of the code. This code seeks to promote high standards of behavior and academic integrity by setting forth the responsibilities of students as members of the university community. Abiding by the code ensures a climate wherein all members of the university community can exercise their rights of membership. The College of Nursing has adopted disciplinary standards designed to identify those students who are in violation of the student conduct policies, and to provide timely intervention through advising and support. The policy addresses disciplinary conduct at three levels—Warning, Probation, and Dismissal. The university reserves the right to take additional disciplinary action as it deems appropriate. Warning Disciplinary Warning is the least severe of the three levels of disciplinary action and will not appear on the official transcript, but will be placed in the student’s program file. Disciplinary Warning serves as an opportunity to address code infractions with the goal of preventing a student from being placed on Disciplinary Probation. It is a written notification that any violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility may result in additional disciplinary action. It is a “disciplinary sanction serving notice to a student that his/her behavior has not met university standards. This sanction remains in effect for a designated number of semesters of attendance, after which it is expunged from the student’s file (2012–2013 College of Nursing Student Handbook ).” A student who violates the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility will be referred to the College of Nursing’s CSP. Please see the CSP procedures in this handbook. Probation Disciplinary Probation is one disciplinary level higher than Disciplinary Warning and appears on the student official transcript. Probation serves as an opportunity to address serious disciplinary difficulties with the goal of preventing expulsion from the program. It is a “disciplinary sanction serving notice to a student that his/her behavior is in serious violation of university standards. A time period is indicated during which another violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility will automatically raise the question of a more severe sanction (i.e., expulsion) if the student is found in violation (2012–2013 College of Nursing Student Handbook ).” A student who violates the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility will be referred to the College of Nursing’s CSP. Please see the CSP procedures in this handbook. Dismissal Dismissal is the final and most severe step in the levels of disciplinary recourse. Dismissal is stipulated when students continue to violate the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility and/or do not meet the conditions of their probation, as described above.