This document contains a summary of the rules and procedures used by the Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM), as excerpted from The Ohio State University's Code of Student Conduct (version as of May 31, 2019).
Judicial procedures
University Sanctions
Records of the Committee on Academic Misconduct
Records are considered confidential. Copies of sanction letters are sent only to those University officers with a valid need to know, such as the Office of Student Conduct, which retains notations of records of students found in violation of academic misconduct for a minimum of ten years (fifty years for dismissals).
If a student enrolled in the Graduate School is found “in violation” of the Code of Student Conduct, the Graduate School is notified of the nature of the violation and the sanction imposed.
If a student is suspended or dismissed from the University, the Office of the University Registrar is informed and an appropriate notation (“disciplinary suspension” or “disciplinary dismissal”) is added to the student’s transcript.
Confidentiality and release of records
The Federal and State governments have adopted legal requirements designed to protect the privacy of students’ educational records maintained by various University offices and to provide for the students’ right to access the educational records. Generally, any information from these records may not be released to individuals outside the University community by the custodian of the records without permission of the individual whose record it is, and any individual has the right to see his or her own educational records.
Regional campus hearings
Regional campus and Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) students may request to have cases heard in Columbus or by an ad hoc panel at the regional campus/ATI. With a request to be heard on a regional campus or ATI, the student waives the right to have the case heard by a panel of the Committee on Academic Misconduct in Columbus. The decision of the ad hoc panel is final, subject to the regular appeal procedures. All rules and procedures outlined in this document are to be followed.