Support persons for students and faculty
At any step in the procedure, the student or the faculty member may invite another Antioch community member to accompany them to any of the meetings to assist with resolution, within certain limitations. It is of the utmost importance that any and all support persons maintain strict confidentiality and uphold the integrity of the process. The role of support persons is, as requested, to provide support, advice, or assistance to the student or faculty requesting their presence, and to advise the student or faculty in preparing for the hearing. Support persons may not have decision-making roles on the committee, given the inherent conflict of interest.
By default, the support persons for a student are their academic advisor, who will attend the hearing on behalf of the student, and possibly one additional community member, as described below. In the instance that the academic advisor is the person bringing the claim of academic dishonesty against the student, the advisor may not be a support person, and will instead attend the meeting as the person bringing the claim (the complainant); no additional support person will replace the advisor in this instance.
1) A student may select another student only from the approved pool of trained students created by ComCil. A student may only select a staff or faculty member who has worked at Antioch College for at least one full calendar year.
2) A faculty member may only select a staff or faculty member who has worked at Antioch College for at least one full calendar year.