A week after the state Court of Appeals ruled that Washington State University and 26 other public institutions have to afford students more robust adjudication processes in cases involving sanctions of expulsion or long-term suspension, WSU has unveiled a 15-member task force to review its student conduct process.
In a letter released Friday morning, WSU president Kirk Schulz announced that the school is undertaking a “comprehensive review” of its student conduct process, and this task force has been charged with spearheading this over the next three to four months.
“The group will document its findings in a report and make recommendations for changes to the conduct process,” Schulz wrote in his letter, adding that WSU’s Board of Regents will consider any proposed changes to WSU’s current conduct process, with the hope of having an updated process in place for the beginning of the fall 2017 semester.