Changing Academic Situations

The Clery Act requires notification to students that the institution will change a victim’s academic situation after an alleged sex offense, and the options for those changes if those changes are requested by the victim and are reasonably available:

Assistance is available in changing academic and living situations after an alleged sexual assault if requested by the victim and if such changes are reasonably available. The assistant dean of students will assist the victim in making these changes.

Accuser and Accused Entitled To Have Others at Hearing

The Clery Act requires that the accuser and accused are entitled to the same opportunities to have others present during a disciplinary proceeding:

In cases of sexual assault, both the accuser and the accused shall be informed of the

following: both the accuser and the accused are entitled to the same opportunity to have others present during a disciplinary proceeding.

The accuser and the accused must be informed of the outcome of any institutional disciplinary proceeding that is brought alleging a sex offense:

Both the accuser and the accused shall be informed of the outcome of any on-campus disciplinary proceeding, and of any right to appeal the outcome.

Sanctions the institution may impose following a final determination of an institutional disciplinary proceeding regarding rape, acquaintance rape or other forcible or non-forcible sex offense:

Any student found responsible for a sexual assault shall be appropriately sanctioned. A range of sanctions up to and including suspension or expulsion from the College are possible depending upon individual circumstances.