Council elects its own chair for a one-year term from among appointed faculty representatives . All vote except chair who votes only in case of a tie. Committee to elect its own permanent chair. When there is a decision to handle a student conduct case by means of a formal hearing, which happens about 5-7 times a year, a panel of two faculty and three students will be drawn from the Board to hear the case. The panel will listen to evidence, decide if the Student Conduct Code has been violated, and determine which, if any, sanctions to impose, ranging from a warning to expulsion from the University.
Hearings usually take place on campus in the evenings.
Most are confidential in order to protect the privacy of student educational records. Not fixed, but legislation stipulates that there be an equal number of faculty and student members. 8-10 faculty active in research, plus Office of Research Services and Administration rep. The final appeals body under the Student Conduct Code. Members may be reappointed, but no member may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.