For most students at City College, staying out of trouble means surviving through midterms. For other students, trouble can mean running into disciplinary issues, which can have a major effect on their academic careers.
The City College Student Code of Conduct outlines a whole host of activities whose consequences can land students in line for disciplinary action. Unauthorized fundraising or bringing pets inside school buildings (seeing-eye dogs are exempt) are some examples of unacceptable behavior, according to the Code of Conduct.
Dr. Elaine Ader, dean of information and campus student discipline officer, says she looks for “good cause” when bringing a case against students.
“Theft is good cause for discipline action,” Ader said. “Violence and disruption in the classroom—there are a whole series of them that constitute good cause.”
As the only student discipline officer on campus, Ader oversees student discipline and crisis intervention. Student incident reports are brought to Ader’s attention when it is clear that measures to reach the student by other means, such as intervention from a dean in a given department, prove ineffective.
Ader said she schedules informal investigative meetings to confront students whose actions have allegedly gone against Los Rios’ student code of conduct policies. Students are informed in writing of charges to be brought against them and are summoned to meet with Ader.
“A lot of it has to do with what the student [has allegedly]…done,” Ader said. “I try to get things resolved or addressed within five to 10 days of when an incidence has occurred.”
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A panel of five individuals appointed by President Kathryn Jeffery decide the outcome of the student hearings. During these meetings, students are allowed to bring witnesses to defend themselves; however, according to the student code of conduct, “students may not be represented by an attorney,” though Ader said occasionally counselors and police are present.
“Sometimes our students don’t understand that the police officers on our campus are not rent-a-cops—they’re actual police officers,” said City College Public Information Officer Amanda Davis. “When we talk about student discipline, we’re really talking about crisis intervention.”
Other incidents that can land students before Ader include threatening faculty or staff, blaring loud music from a car, and self-harming behavior.
“You have students who are disturbed, you have students who are homeless; there are issues that arise that you want to help, and they are not always discipline issues,” Ader said.
Ader said she often suggests that students who come before her for disciplinary action take a human career development class. Very often at these investigative meetings, she said she tries to get students to reflect on their long- term educational goals and to ask the question, “Are my actions getting me where I need to be?”
“We really have efforts toward preventing having to use our process,” Davis said. “Because that’s the goal. To have a student body that’s educated about the correct behaviors – that’s reminded and informed.”
