The purpose of this study was to determine what changes occurred in student procedural due process rights in four-year colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States since 1975. Changes in the composition and structure of campus judicial hearing boards were also examined. / Data for this study was collected through the mailing of a survey questionnaire to 328 four-year colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States. A total of 220 questionnaires were returned representing a 67% response rate. / Results indicated that since 1975, nine changes occurred in procedural due process rights afforded students, and six changes occurred in the composition and structure of campus judicial hearing boards. A smaller percentage of institutions in the 1986 study: (1) provided students the right to be interviewed by an appropriate institutional official; (2) permitted students the right to be accompanied at a hearing by a legal counsel; (3) permitted students the right to be accompanied at a hearing by an advisor (student, staff, faculty member, etc.); (4) allowed students the opportunity to ask questions of witnesses during the adjudication of student misconduct cases; (5) permitted students the right to appeal a decision made by an administrative officer; and (6) granted students an appeal automatically upon request. By contrast, a larger percentage of institutions in the 1986 study: (1) placed restrictions on students while action on conduct violations were pending; (2) conducted private hearings; and (3) provided students with written notification of the judicial board's final decision. / The following changes occurred in the composition and structure of campus judicial hearing boards: (1) a smaller percentage of institutions in the 1986 study utilized more than one type of campus judicial hearing board; (2) a smaller percentage of institutions in the 1986 study had an appeal board; (3) a larger percentage of institutions in the 1986 study implemented a common set of procedural due process guidelines in the adjudication of student misconduct cases; (4) the structure (type) of campus judicial hearing boards changed substantially; (5) the selection of students serving on campus judicial hearing boards changed; and (6) the committee structure of campus judicial hearing boards (considered to be either an ad hoc committee or a standing committee) changed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-03, Section: A, page: 0571. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76056 |
| Contributors | BAYENS, EDWARD JOSEPH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 217 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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