The Chair shall vote only in the case of a tie. The Chair places a case on the Board docket, arranges the time and place for the hearing, and provides the Board review of the appeal papers prior to the hearing. Notice of the hearing and rules governing the Board are made available in advance to both parties. It is expected that the hearing will be held within twenty school days after the appeal has been filed with the Chair. The Board has discretionary power to delay the hearing due to mitigating circumstances.
Hearings are closed unless an open hearing is requested by the student.
After resolution of the appeal, the tape will be filed in the office of the Vice President and Provost. The faculty member and the student will have access to written statements of the other prior to the hearing, or prior to any questioning by members of the Board at the time of the hearing. Both parties to the appeal have the right to present additional evidence to the Board, subject only to the Board's judgment that such evidence is relevant to the case. In making judgments on the relevance of such evidence or testimony the Board will, consistent with the gravity of such proceedings, admit such testimony or evidence unless the Board judges it clearly not to be germane to the case. Both parties to the appeal have the right to ask questions of the other during the hearing.