Executive Committee Chair's Report, 2010–2011 The Yale College Executive Committee has 10 regular voting members: three tenured and three untenured faculty members; three undergraduate students; and the Dean of Yale College or her designee. In addition there are three officers. For the 2010-2011 year these were: the chair, Margaret Clark, Professor of Psychology; the fact-finder, Eric Sargis, Professor of Anthropology; and the secretary, Dean Pamela George, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs in Yale College. The Committee hears complaints regarding alleged violations of the undergraduate regulations. (Up to and including the 2010-2011 academic year these included charges of sexual misconduct and harassment. However, the new University Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct began operation on July 1, 2011 and, going forward, violations of the Undergraduate Regulations involving sexual misconduct or harassment will be heard by that committee.) The committee saw a total of 146 students in the 2010-2011 academic year. The committee found eleven not to have violated the undergraduate regulations. 135 were deemed to have violated the regulations with the majority of these students acknowledging that that had done so following charges having been made. Most students found to have violated the regulations received reprimands (82). Thirty-two students were placed on probation and twenty-one students were suspended from Yale College. In the 2010-2011 year no student was expelled. Three students, facing charges that arose late in their senior years, had their degrees briefly withheld until after their cases were adjudicated. Whereas in past years the executive committee met only during the academic year, with charges brought during the final days of the spring semester being held over to the fall, a new policy was introduced during the 2010-2011 year. Following the conclusion of the spring 2011 semester, the committee continued to meet through mid-June of 2011 to hear serious cases that might result in decision to suspend or expel students. The new extended term policy provides for resolution of serious cases in a timely fashion reducing, we hope, student anxiety and uncertainty. In the 2010-2011 year it also eliminated the problem of having some charged students return to school in the fall and having to leave due to suspensions soon thereafter. FULL HEARINGS A “full hearing” of the Committee occurs when a student disputes the validity of a charge made against him or her. These cases involve fact-finding and the convening of the full committee. The student appears before the committee with an advisor of his or her choice. The student and committee receive copies of the charges and of the fact-finding report. Prior to the hearing the student also provides a written statement that is given to the committee. At the start of the hearing, the student is advised of the committee’s procedures, makes an opening statement, and is asked questions by committee members. The student may choose to have his or her advisor speak and most students do make this 1