Policies and Regulations
Disciplinary Procedures
All graduate students are governed by the Regulations for Academic and Personal Conduct set forth in the bulletin. The disciplinary procedure of the Graduate School Committee on Regulations and Discipline will be used whenever there appears to have been a breach of the Regulations. The one exception to this policy is the allegation that a graduate student has committed academic fraud (including falsification or fabrication of data and plagiarism) in the course of proposing, conducting or reporting research supported by the federal government, in which case the Policies and Procedures for Dealing with Allegations of Academic Fraud at Yale University will be followed. A student accused of a breach of the Regulations will be presumed innocent unless and until found by the Dean's Advisory Committee on Regulations and Discipline, pursuant to these procedures, to have breached the Regulations. Students may contact their academic dean for further information and advice.
For the 2009-2010 academic year, this committee is comprised of the following members:
Susan Baserga, Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Genetics and Therapeutic Radiology
Lindsay Beck, doctoral candidate, Psychology
Ryan Hall, doctoral candidate, History
Matthew Roberts, doctoral candidate, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
John Rogers, Professor of English
Brian Scholl, Associate Professor of Psychology
During 2008-2009 academic year, six graduate students were formally charged with violating the “Regulations for Academic and Personal Conduct” outlined in the Graduate School’s Programs and Policies bulletin.
Five students conceded the charges and requested that the Dean dispose of the matter without a formal hearing. The following cases were handled in this way.
- A doctoral student in the sciences who had been charged with plagiarism was placed on disciplinary probation for the remainder of the student’s enrollment in the Graduate School and issued a letter of reprimand.
- A doctoral student in the social sciences who had been charged with misuse of the materials or facilities of the University Library and refusal to comply with the direction of a University police officer or other University official acting in the performance of his or her duties was placed on disciplinary probation for one term and issued a letter of reprimand.
- A doctoral student in the sciences who had been charged with theft and misuse of funds was suspended for two years and barred from employment within the University for five years.
- A doctoral student in the sciences who had been charged with plagiarism was issued a letter of reprimand.
- A doctoral student in the sciences who had been charged with plagiarism was suspended for one term and placed on disciplinary probation for the remainder of the student’s enrollment in the Graduate School.
One student contested the charges and was heard by the Committee on Regulations and Discipline. The Committee consists of three graduate students appointed by the Graduate School Assembly and three faculty members appointed by the Dean (with one graduate student and faculty member from each academic division), as well as the associate dean responsible for the department or program in which the student who has been charged is enrolled. The following matter was handled in this way.
- A doctoral student in the sciences was found innocent of a charge of assault and guilty of a charge of refusal to comply with the direction of a Univeristy police officer. The student was issued a letter of reprimand and barred from performing as a DJ at Yale-sponsored events.
