University of Michigan. Committee on Student Discipline.

The Regents of the University of Michigan, upon the recommendation of the University Senate, formed the Committee on Student Discipline in June of 1922. Consisting of members appointed by college deans and the university president, the jurisdiction of the committee included cases of impropriety involving male students that attended more than one college or school within the university, or cases referred to the committee by the dean of that student's college. "The decisions of the University Committee on discipline are final in all cases, but the President of the University shall be consulted (whenever practicable) before any final action is taken resulting in suspension or expulsion" ( Board of Regents Proceedings , 1922, pg. 506). At that time, the Dean of Women handled cases involving female students.

In 1934, the university changed the name of the Committee on Student Discipline to the Committee on Student Conduct. While its membership remained the same, the new committee was "charged with the task of formulating and interpreting principles of conduct..." ( Board of Regents Proceedings , 1934, pg. 353). The Committee on Student Conduct formed a Subcommittee on Discipline to adjudicate specific cases of misconduct. The subcommittee was comprised of staff appointed by the chair of the committee. The subcommittee invited students from the Men's Student Council and the Michigan League to meetings, but these student participants did not receive a vote.

In the 1950s, the Committee on Student Conduct formed the Joint Judiciary Council, which combined judicial bodies that had previously been separated by gender. The council was comprised of members chosen by the student body leadership and outgoing council staff, and had the power to hear cases and recommend disciplinary action. After its formation, the Joint Judiciary Council took over the adjudication role of the Subcommittee of Student Discipline, hearing cases and enforcing penalties while acting under the subcommittee's authority. The subcommittee rarely met after the Joint Judiciary Council's establishment.

During the 1960s, calls for more student involvement in university policy, campus unrest, and perceived lawlessness led to great changes in the university judicial system. In 1963, the Committee on Student Conduct was replaced with the University Committee on Standards and Conduct, and it seems the Subcommittee on Student Discipline also ceased to exist around this time. The Joint Judiciary Council continued to perform it duties until1970, when demands for a larger student role led to the formation of the University Council, which was created to formulate and propose regulations governing student conduct. This new body was part of a complete overhaul of the non-academic judicial system and the formation of a new university wide Code of Conduct.

From the guide to the Committee on Student Discipline (University of Michigan) records, 1914-1961, 1922-1961, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)