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Dental students remain under investigation
Katie Gregowicz
Issue date: 10/25/07 Section: News
The SIUE School of Dental Medicine Year II class is still under investigation after information regarding the students' academic honesty was brought to the university in May.
The student's spring semester grades from their first year have been suspended awaiting an investigation into the allegations.
An anonymous letter was sent to several media outlets, including the Alestle, this summer declaring the innocence of the class. The letter states that all 52 Year I students received a letter informing them of the eight charges that were being brought against them. Some of the charges include, "the commission of academic cheating, misuse of university documents with an intent to deceive, discussions of confidential or privileged information and cheating by any method or means."
The letter said that the charges are unfounded and represent a "witch hunt" against the class. According to the letter, the accusations are because of a file sharing system among the dental students.
Each student in the class was notified that they must meet with the Student Conduct Committee. After the meetings, the SCC will make recommendations to the Dean of SDM, Ann Boyle. Boyle will then decide what happens to each student based on that recommendation. The punishments could range from a disciplinary warning to removal from the school.
A legal representative is not allowed in the room with the student during his or her meeting with the SCC. However, the students have access to their files and are able to discuss them with an attorney. While the attorney is not allowed in the room with the student during the meeting with the SCC, a faculty member is allowed to act as an adviser to the student during the meeting.
University spokesman Greg Conroy said the investigation is taking awhile because of the large number of students involved in the situation. He said that there is no time limit being put on when this investigation will close because it must be thorough.
He also said that while this investigation continues, the students are enrolled in and attending classes.
Officials from the SDM said they could not comment on this issue, citing an obligation to protect the students.
The student's spring semester grades from their first year have been suspended awaiting an investigation into the allegations.
An anonymous letter was sent to several media outlets, including the Alestle, this summer declaring the innocence of the class. The letter states that all 52 Year I students received a letter informing them of the eight charges that were being brought against them. Some of the charges include, "the commission of academic cheating, misuse of university documents with an intent to deceive, discussions of confidential or privileged information and cheating by any method or means."
The letter said that the charges are unfounded and represent a "witch hunt" against the class. According to the letter, the accusations are because of a file sharing system among the dental students.
Each student in the class was notified that they must meet with the Student Conduct Committee. After the meetings, the SCC will make recommendations to the Dean of SDM, Ann Boyle. Boyle will then decide what happens to each student based on that recommendation. The punishments could range from a disciplinary warning to removal from the school.
A legal representative is not allowed in the room with the student during his or her meeting with the SCC. However, the students have access to their files and are able to discuss them with an attorney. While the attorney is not allowed in the room with the student during the meeting with the SCC, a faculty member is allowed to act as an adviser to the student during the meeting.
University spokesman Greg Conroy said the investigation is taking awhile because of the large number of students involved in the situation. He said that there is no time limit being put on when this investigation will close because it must be thorough.
He also said that while this investigation continues, the students are enrolled in and attending classes.
Officials from the SDM said they could not comment on this issue, citing an obligation to protect the students.
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Erik
posted 10/25/07 @ 3:59 PM CST
Yay!
More academic dishonesty at SIUe!!
The Faculty Senate better hold a meeting to vote whether the whole class should withdraw from school.
Professor (whackjob) Ware better start a petition to get the Dental school separated from the SIUe campus. (Continued…)
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