Jacksonville State University.

What JSU's own pages say about how cases proceed

Who may be present

"During any meeting or proceeding under this policy, students may be accompanied by an Advisor of their choice, including but not limited to a faculty member, family member, friend, or third party." The same definition adds: "[t]he 'potted plant' rule applies to Advisors throughout this process," and that an Advisor "may not speak on the student's behalf, individually meet or correspond with the course instructor, or otherwise interfere with the process." — Scholars' Code, Appendix D (document dated "Updated Fall 2025"; retrieved Oct 7, 2026). Not stated in the sources reviewed: whether a meeting or hearing may be recorded.

What follows on the record

"A sanction of an 'F' in a course will take place once the review and appeal timeframe expires, if the student chooses to request a review. Once the 'F' is confirmed, the student will be removed from the course and the 'F' will be notated on their transcript." — Scholars' Code, Recommended Levels of Sanction (document dated "Updated Fall 2025"; retrieved Oct 7, 2026). Not stated in the sources reviewed: disclosure to a graduate school, an employer or a licensing board. The Code of Student Conduct, which the Scholars' Code references for additional detail on the broader conduct process, was also checked and does not mention recording, retention or disclosure either.

The two questions an adviser raises first, answered from this institution's own published documents — or recorded as not stated in them.

On how a case moves from a classroom suspicion to a decision, the Scholars' Code states (document dated "Updated Fall 2025"; retrieved Oct 7, 2026):

Source: JSU Scholars' Code. The Code defines its evidentiary standard directly: "A standard of proof that indicates that the information provided leads an administrative Hearing Officer or Scholars' Code Panel to decide that 'more likely than not' a violation did or did not occur. This is the standard of proof for all alleged violations of the Scholars' Code."

On appeals, the Code sets out a two-stage path before any hearing and a further appeal after one. First, from a course instructor's decision: "The appeal must be submitted within five (5) business days of the decision made by the faculty member" to the department head, who "will notify the student in writing within two weeks ten (10) business days after receiving the appeal," after which "the student has the right to appeal to the Dean of the College within five (5) business days." (The Code's own text carries both "two weeks" and "ten (10) business days" in that sentence; it is quoted here exactly as published.) Second, from a hearing or panel decision: "Within five (5) business days of notification of sanctions from the Hearing Officer (or in the case of reason #1 below, 30 days), a student must submit in writing their grounds for appeal, outlining the specific issues and rationale for the appeal." The Code states the result is final: "The decision of the Appeal Panel is final. There is not a second level of appeal to the Provost or the President of the University."

Source: JSU Scholars' Code. What these quotations mean for any particular case is for the institution and its process to determine; they are reproduced so you can read the originals in context.

Revision history of this page

2026-10-07 — Page created. All quotations retrieved this date from the jsu.edu pages linked beside them; the Scholars' Code PDF carries its own date marker of "Updated Fall 2025," and the technical-support and faculty AI-guidance pages display no on-page date. Named-vendor and category detection sweeps run against jsu.edu per the research method; no detector beyond Turnitin and HonorLock was located, and no campus-wide statement enabling or disabling AI-text detection was located. The Scholars' Code's evidence sentence ("evidence (HonorLock, Turnitin, witness statement, etc)") is the only first-party connection found between Turnitin and an AI-related case; the technical-support page describes Turnitin only as a plagiarism-detection tool, and that divergence is reproduced on the page rather than resolved. No ombudsperson or student-advocacy office was located on JSU's own pages in this review; a search for "ombuds," "ombudsperson" and "student advocacy" across jsu.edu returned no matching JSU office. The Code of Student Conduct, cross-referenced by the Scholars' Code, was checked for recording, retention and disclosure language and contains none. Internet Archive captures: to be added. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter (review confirmed 2026-10-07).

2026-10-07 — Internet Archive captures requested this date by an automated capture pass; no human review is claimed for this entry. No quotation, date, finding or link above was changed by it. Each capture below was requested through Save Page Now and then confirmed to play back. Captures added: catalog.jsu.edu — University Code of Student Conduct → https://web.archive.org/web/20261007124243/https://catalog.jsu.edu/undergraduate/university-code-student-conduct/university-code-student-conduct.pdf; iep.jsu.edu/community-standards/resources → https://web.archive.org/web/20261007124304/https://iep.jsu.edu/community-standards/resources/index.html; JSU Scholars' Code → https://web.archive.org/web/20261007124337/https://jsu.edu/academicaffairs/scholarscode/jsu-scholars-code25.pdf; Software & Technical Support — Online@JSU → https://web.archive.org/web/20261007124359/https://jsu.edu/online/faculty/software_technicalsupport.html; Faculty Resources — AI at JSU → https://web.archive.org/web/20261007124432/https://www.jsu.edu/ai/faculty/index.html.

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