{"id":54481,"date":"2022-09-09T12:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/?page_id=54481"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:21:58","slug":"disciplinary-processes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/disciplinary-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Disciplinary Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following an initial inquiry and evaluation, the College provides three main pathways for addressing alleged violations of the Code of Student Conduct. The Assistant Dean and Senior Associate Dean of Students refer cases to the method of resolution deemed most appropriate based on the facts available at the point of initial evaluation. For cases alleging potential bias, harassment, or discrimination based on identity, or sexual misconduct, all resolutions shall follow the procedures outlined in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/policies\/equal-opportunity-policy\/\">Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination, and Anti-Harassment Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College may address student academic and social misconduct through its own processes and apply sanctions governing the terms of membership in the College. The College reserves the right to deal with misconduct whether or not law enforcement agencies are involved and\/or criminal charges may be pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College may utilize any of the following processes and procedures in cases of misconduct, depending on the situation and severity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Disciplinary Process &amp; Procedures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/student-conduct\/misconduct-resolution-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Misconduct Resolution Meeting<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/restorative-practices-resolution-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restorative Practices Resolution Options<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/disciplinary-resolution-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disciplinary Resolution Process<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students have a number of resource persons available to them during the student conduct and community standards processes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/student-resource-persons\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"54519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who are involved in a Misconduct Resolution Process and wish to share their perspective may do so <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.maxient.com\/reportingform.php?BatesCollege&amp;layout_id=1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the full College Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Processes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/files\/2025\/07\/Code-of-Student-Conduct-7.1.2025.docx-1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/files\/2022\/09\/Code-of-Student-Conduct-22-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an initial inquiry and evaluation, the College provides three main pathways&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-54481","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54481"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54845,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54481\/revisions\/54845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-conduct-community-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}