Texas Southern University.

What the Student Code of Conduct says about how academic-dishonesty cases proceed

Who may be present

"You have the right to be accompanied and assisted by an advisor of your choice during your disciplinary hearing or conference. An advisor may not speak for you, nor may an advisor appear in your stead." An advisor may be an attorney, who "addresses the Committee only upon permission from the Judicial Administrator," with the attorney's name and contact information due "at least three business days prior to the hearing." Recording of the hearing itself is not addressed; the Code separately makes it a conduct violation for a student to make an "Undisclosed recording" — "an audio or video recording of private, non-public conversations and/or meetings on University premises without the knowledge and consent of all participants" — a general prohibition, not a statement about the hearing specifically.

What follows on the record

"Disciplinary records of students who were not assessed a sanction of suspension, expulsion, denial or revocation of a degree, and/or withdrawal of a diploma will be maintained by the Office of Student Conduct & Judicial Affairs for seven (7) years after the final disposition of the case." It adds: "The University shall maintain a permanent written disciplinary record for every student assessed a sanction of suspension, expulsion, denial or revocation of a degree, and/or withdrawal of diploma."

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

The Student Code of Conduct Handbook (PDF; title page dated originally Feb 26, 2020, modified Sept 4, 2025 per the file's own metadata; retrieved Oct 16, 2026) treats academic dishonesty as both an academic and a disciplinary matter:

That general disciplinary process is where the preponderance standard, the advisor right, and the record-retention periods above come from. The Office's own Disciplinary Process FAQ page (retrieved Oct 16, 2026) states the standard directly: "The standard of evidence in the student conduct process is based on the Preponderance of Evidence standard. ... the burden of proof requirement that is used to determine whether it is more likely than not that a particular behavior or event took place and have caused a violation of the Code of Conduct." Appeals go through the same page: "You may appeal the decision of the Judicial Administrator by filing a written appeal ... within five business days after receiving written notification of the decision," on one of two grounds — new information unavailable at the original hearing, or a procedural error causing material harm — submitted through the University's online reporting portal. Sources: Student Code of Conduct Handbook (PDF) and Disciplinary Process Overview. What these quotations mean for any particular case is for the institution and its process to determine.

Revision history of this page

2026-10-16 — Page created. Cold build; no prior CANDIDATES.md or procedure-facts.json research to reuse. SLUG NOTE: "tsu" deliberately avoided — Tennessee State University (built earlier this pass, same session) uses the same common abbreviation; "txsouthern" used instead. Named-vendor sweep (Turnitin and its AI writing indicator, SimCheck, Originality, Copyleaks, iThenticate, GPTZero, Originality.ai, Winston AI, Crossplag, ZeroGPT, Packback, Grammarly Authorship, Honorlock, Proctorio, Respondus, Examity) and category sweep (the Office of Student Conduct & Judicial Affairs' own pages and its Student Code of Conduct Handbook) across tsu.edu found NO AI-TEXT DETECTOR DOCUMENTED, and a direct site search for "artificial intelligence" or AI-writing material in any academic-integrity context on tsu.edu returned nothing at all — unlike several other pages built this pass, this institution's academic-integrity materials do not mention generative AI in any form, positive or negative. NOT A DISQUALIFICATION: an empty inventory, not a documented disabling or recommendation against a detector. PROCESS-BASED VERIFICATION SWEEP: none published at the bounded scope searched. PROCESS: the Handbook's "Special Disciplinary Provisions Governing Acts of Academic Dishonesty" section is the bridge — academic dishonesty is handled first at the faculty/department level (grade sanctions only), and once referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Judicial Affairs for a stronger sanction, "the incident will be handled in the same manner as would any other allegation under the Student Code of Conduct," which is where the preponderance standard, the advisor right, and the record-retention periods come from. RECORD RETENTION IS UNUSUALLY SPECIFIC FOR THIS COLLECTION: most pages built to date report an unstated or vague retention period; this Handbook states seven years for non-suspension/expulsion sanctions and a permanent record for suspension, expulsion, denial/revocation of a degree, or withdrawal of a diploma, in its own words. RECORDING SCOPED CAREFULLY: the Code's "Undisclosed recording" provision (7.36) prohibits a student from secretly recording others' private conversations or meetings without consent; this page does not read that as a statement about whether the hearing itself may be recorded, which the sources do not separately address, and says so. OFFICE: Office of Student Conduct & Judicial Affairs, Student Life Center Suite 232, 713-313-1191 (from the Judicial Affairs Brochure); no office-wide email was located on the office's own pages or in its Handbook. OMBUDS/ADVOCACY CHECKED AND NOT FOUND: no office titled ombudsperson, ombudsman, or student advocate was located anywhere on tsu.edu in this review. Nothing paraphrase-pending. Traces to tools/packets/txsouthern-packet.txt with zero failures. Gated in tools/fidelity-gate.txt. Archive captures pending — not requested this pass (unattended scheduled run). Reviewer: Carrie Schluter (review confirmed 2026-10-16).

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