Everyday Matters
Indeed, during the 1999-2000 academic year, only 136 out of 2,793 cases were disciplinary matters.
According to Richardson, HLS's ad board functions very similarly. "Over 80 percent of the work we do involves waivers to regular school rules of policy," she says.
And the same seems to be true of the other schools at Harvard as well. Most of these administrative and disciplinary organizations function primarily to monitor the academic performance of the school's students.
The College's ad board has two subcommittees. One, called the Executive Committee, handles petitions that are too clear-cut to require deliberations by the entire board. This group is chaired by the Registrar and handles such issues as the granting of leaves of absence, advanced standing, and make-up exams.
The other subcommittee of the ad board was designed to deal solely with cases of computer misuse.
All other incidents are adjudicated by the board when it meets in full every Tuesday during the term. The HLS ad board only meets once a month.
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