Tennessee Administrative Code

(1) Academic Exercise. Academic Exercise may consist of all forms of work submitted by a student for academic credit or hours. (2) Academic Misconduct. Academic Misconduct may consist of acts of plagiarism, cheating, or fabrication. (a) Plagiarism. Plagiarism includes, but is not…

(1) Academic misconduct is prohibited. Whenever a faculty member believes that academic misconduct has occurred, he/she must provide notice to the student and submit an Academic Integrity Incident Report Form (Incident Report) to the Director within seven (7) business days from t…

(1) Appropriate sanctions will be determined by majority vote of the Committee and reported to the Vice Provost for Faculty and Strategic Initiatives for recording in the academic integrity software of record. Students will be provided notice of all sanctions. Graduate programs m…

(1) The student or faculty member may appeal the Committee’s decision to the Provost within five (5) business days of receipt of the decision. (2) An appeal must be submitted in writing and may only be filed based on one (1) or both of the following conditions: (a) An error in pr…

Any matter that may result in suspension or expulsion of a student from the University is subject to be heard pursuant to the contested case provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, T.C.A. §§ 4-5-301, et seq., and shall be processed in accordance with Chapter 0240…

Whenever there is a finding or admission of responsibility under this Rule, these records will be maintained by the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs permanently.

(1) Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or University) is committed to fostering a campus environment that is devoted to learning, growth, and service. We accept and practice the core values of honesty and integrity, respect for diversity, positive engagement in the community…

(1) Student. For the purposes of these rules, a student shall mean any person who is admitted and/or registered for study at MTSU for any academic period, either full-time or part-time, undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies. This shall include any period of time follow…

(1) The President of MTSU is authorized to take such action as may be necessary to maintain campus conditions and to preserve the integrity of the University and its educational environment. The President has determined that the responsibility for the administration of student co…

has adopted the following Community Standards of conduct. Each person who joins or affiliates with the University community does so freely and is expected to abide by these Community Standards. Following each Community Standard is a non-exclusive list of prohibited behaviors for …

(1) The instructor has the primary responsibility for maintenance of academic integrity and managing classroom behavior, and can order the temporary removal or exclusion from the classroom of any student engaged in disorderly conduct as defined in Rule 0240-07-05- .04(1)(h), or c…

(1) A disciplinary sanction is a consequence for being found in violation of University rules. The following disciplinary sanctions are applicable to both students and student organizations. Upon a determination that a student or student organization has violated these rules, dis…

law and at the direction of the University President, violations under these rules may be heard by the following: administrative judge appointed by the Administrative Procedures Division of the Office of the Secretary of State, hearing officers and/or boards or committees. (1) Th…

(1) Responsibility for Administration. The administration of discipline is a function of the Dean of Students’ Office and/or the appropriate adjudicating body with the exception of matters concerning academic misconduct, which is a function of the Office of the University Provost…

(1) Mediation. Students or student organizations involved in conflict(s) with another individual(s) may elect to have the conflict(s) mediated with the assistance of a third-party mediator assigned by the appropriate University Official. The Office of Student Conduct must agree t…

on all University matters, including disciplinary decisions. Therefore, any disciplinary action is subject to final review by the President. At his/her discretion, the President may determine to intervene in order to negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution to any disciplinary …

(1) Actual knowledge: notice of sexual harassment or allegations of sexual harassment to MTSU’s Title IX Coordinator or any MTSU official who has authority to institute corrective measures on behalf of MTSU. This definition is not met when the only MTSU official with actual knowl…

(1) As required by law, no student, employee, or applicant for admission or employment will be excluded, on the basis of sex, from participation in, be denied the benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination in any MTSU education program or activity. May, 2022 (Revised) 2 TITLE …

(1) MTSU will notify applicants for admission and employment, students, and employees, that it does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education programs or activities and will provide the name, title, office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of the …

(1) Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail…

(1) When a person reports sex discrimination committed against a person while in the United States, MTSU will follow its rules, procedures, and processes used for sex discrimination allegations, which provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging sex disc…

(1) If MTSU has actual knowledge of sexual harassment in an education program or activity committed against a person while in the United States, MTSU will respond promptly in a manner that is not deliberately indifferent and follow its grievance process. (2) MTSU will treat compl…

(1) MTSU will keep confidential the identity of any individual who has made a report or complaint of sex discrimination, including any individual who has made a report or filed a formal complaint, any complainant, any individual who has been reported to be the perpetrator of sex …

COMPLAINT. (1) When a formal complaint is filed, MTSU will provide parties with a written notice of its grievance process, including any informal resolution process(es). (2) MTSU will provide written notice of the allegations potentially constituting sexual harassment, including …

(1) MTSU will investigate, to the extent necessary or possible, the allegations in a formal complaint. (2) If the conduct alleged in a formal complaint would not constitute sexual harassment even if proved, did not occur in MTSU’s education program or activity, or did not occur a…

(1) MTSU will apply its grievance procedures and requirements equally to both parties. (2) During the course of the grievance process, MTSU will treat complainants and respondents equitably by providing remedies to a complainant where a determination of responsibility for sexual …

COMPLAINTS. (1) MTSU will conduct a live hearing of formal complaints not dismissed pursuant to this rule. (2) At the request of either party, MTSU will provide for the live hearing to occur with the parties located in separate rooms with technology enabling the hearing officer a…

(1) The hearing officer will issue a written determination simultaneously to the complainant and respondent regarding responsibility, using a preponderance of the evidence to reach a determination. (2) The written determination must include: (a) Identification of allegations pote…

COMPLAINT. (1) Both parties may appeal a determination regarding responsibility or the dismissal of a formal complaint or any allegations therein, only on the following bases: May, 2022 (Revised) 10 TITLE IX COMPLIANCE CHAPTER 0240-07-06 (Rule 0240-07-06-.13, continued) (a) Proce…

(1) MTSU will not require as a condition of enrollment or continuing enrollment, or employment or continuing employment, or enjoyment of any other right, waiver of the right to an investigation and adjudication of formal complaints of sexual harassment. (2) MTSU will not require …

(1) Intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination, including charges against an individual for code of conduct violations that do not involve sex discrimination or sexual harassment, but arise out of the same facts or circumstances as a report or complaint of sex discriminat…

(1) MTSU will ensure that its Title IX Coordinator, investigators, hearing officers, decision-makers, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process receive training on this rule’s definition of sexual harassment, the scope of MTSU’s education program or activity, …

(1) MTSU will not restrict any rights protected from government action by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, deprive a person of any rights that would otherwise be protected from government action under the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of …

(1) MTSU will retain and dispose of records related to Title IX matters as required by federal and state laws and regulations.

(1) If any provision of this rule or its application to any person, act, or practice is held invalid, the remainder of the rule or the application of its provisions to any person, act, or practice shall not be affected thereby. (2) If any provision of the Title IX regulations on …

(1) A student residence facility is a densely populated community composed of students with many different interests, habits, and tastes. Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or University) is committed to the concept that on-campus student residence facilities should provide …

(1) Assigned Living Space. The personal dwelling unit of a student and/or occupant residing within a student residence facility. (2) Guest(s). Any person invited by a student resident, occupant, or the University to visit in a student residence facility. (3) License Agreement (Ag…

(1) Student residents residing in assigned living space must be full-time students officially admitted and enrolled at the University for the Fall or Spring semester. (2) Part-time students are not eligible to reside in student residence facilities unless a waiver is provided by …

(1) To live in a student residence facility, students must complete and submit an application. Students must also sign a Housing License Agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of the student’s occupancy of the student residence facility. (2) At the time of applicatio…

(1) The University may terminate any Housing License Agreement in the event of any of the following nonexclusive reasons: (a) Disciplinary action or violation of University rule; (b) Withdrawal from the University by the student resident; (c) Failure to maintain eligible student …

(1) In addition to the terms of the Housing License Agreement, student residents must also comply with all University published rules including the Code of Student Conduct. Violations of the contract and the Code of Student Conduct may result in termination of the Housing License…

(1) This rule and related policies apply both to Student or Registered Student Organization prohibited conduct on and off Tennessee Tech Property. In the case of prohibited conduct that occurs off Tennessee Tech Property, Tennessee Tech will take into account whether the prohibit…

(1) “Student” – any individual who is admitted, enrolled, or registered for credit courses at Tennessee Tech or who may no longer be enrolled or registered for credit courses, but engaged in prohibited conduct while the individual was a Student at Tennessee Tech. For the purposes…

(1) Each Student or RSO shall be responsible for his/her/its conduct from the time of admission to Tennessee Tech through the actual awarding of a degree, even though conduct may occur before classes begin or after classes end, as well as during the academic year and during perio…

(1) Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to the following: (a) Harm to Others: Causing physical harm to any person; endangering the health, safety, or welfare of any person; engaging in conduct that causes a reasonable person to fear harm to his/her health, safety, or …

(1) Upon a determination by a preponderance of the evidence (unless otherwise required by federal or state law, rule, or regulation) that a Student or RSO has engaged in prohibited conduct, the following disciplinary sanctions may be imposed, either singly or in combination, by t…

(1) Tennessee Tech may place a hold on a Student record when the Student has: (a) Withdrawn from Tennessee Tech and a disciplinary meeting and/or proceeding is pending, March, 2021 (Revised) 9 STUDENT CONDUCT CHAPTER 0240-09-01 (Rule 0240-09-01-.06, continued) (b) Not responded t…