All SCS hearings are virtual and use online meeting technology provided by the school. You must appear on camera for the duration of the hearing.
If you do not attend your hearing, the hearing will take place without you. Any person who is not an employee of the school may not attend the hearing in any capacity except as part of an approved disability accommodation. Since SCS is an institutional policy and not judicial, you may not have an attorney present.
Your Academic Department Lead will present the referral during your hearing. Additional written materials may not be presented during the hearing.
Where a referral relates to training, an OPT representative may be present. Where the referral relates to lack of progress on a research project (dissertation, thesis, advanced project), your research project chair may be present. Your department and the committee may ask other school employees with knowledge of the referral to attend the hearing or to submit written material in lieu of their presence.
If your hearing runs longer than the scheduled time or if more information or documentation is needed, a continuation hearing may occur.