The Honor Council is a panel of students, advised by faculty and administration, which seeks to preserve the integrity of the Honor Code at Felician University. The Council aims to secure justice for any student under suspicion of dishonesty, to vindicate his or her name if innocent, and, if guilty, to protect the honor and standing of the student body by affirming that the Honor Code was violated.
In the event of an alleged violation of the Honor Code by a graduate student, two graduate students shall represent the student body from each School. These students are named by the deans of each division in consultation with the School's department chairs. The student members of the council serve one-year terms and can be re-appointed for as long as they are enrolled as full-time students, maintain at least a 2.0 GPA, and are in academic good standing.
The presence of three student members of the Council is required for an Honor Council hearing. The sitting members for any hearing are selected by the Faculty Advocate based entirely on the compatibility of their schedules with those of the faculty member(s) reporting the code violation and the student(s) requesting the hearing.
The faculty is represented by the Faculty Advocate. The Faculty Advocate facilitates the operation of the Council by receiving notices of Code violations, providing all concerned individuals with access to any documentation provided by the parties involved, scheduling and chairing the hearings, and providing the Vice President for Academic Affairs with a written report on each violation hearing and an annual report on the activities of the council and plans for the following year.
The administration is represented by the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. The Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs provides, with the Faculty Advocate, clarification of University policy during the hearings.
Hearing accommodations such as, but not limited to, teleconferencing can be made to accommodate out of state students enrolled in an online program.
All suspected infractions of the Honor Code are forwarded to the Honor Council Faculty Advocate. The Faculty Advocate also convenes Honor Council hearings.