UA Codes and Judicial Committee

Purpose

The purpose of this page is to provide information about the actions of the UA Codes and Judicial Committee (CJC) with respect to a report developed by Barbara Krause at the request of the administration recommending significant changes to the campus judicial system (the Tuesday, 29 November 2005 Memo from President Rawlings to Barbara Krause (pdf)). The report, released on Monday, 15 May 2006, is titled Report On A Review and Proposed Revision Of The Cornell University Campus Code Of Conduct and is commonly called the Krause Report.

Committee Position on the Report

CJC has reviewed the Krause Report, and has produced the following report in response:

• Wednesday, 7 March 2007 Report to University Assembly Concerning the Campus Code of Conduct

Administration Position on the Report

This page does not represent the administrative position on the content of the report.

Content of the Report

The report has been released, and to facilitate greater community access its contents are now available here:

• Charge to Barbara Krause (pdf)
• Memo Introducing Krause Report (pdf)
• Krause Report (pdf)
• Draft of Cornell University Student Disciplinary System (pdf) as proposed for discussion in the report.
• Draft of Cornell University Code of Conduct (pdf) as proposed for discussion in the report.

Some excerpts are available in html:

• Major Issues — Key Differences Between Current and Proposed Practice

Actions Taken

Tuesday, 29 November 2005

Charge to Barbara Krause (pdf).

Monday, 15 May 2006

President releases report.

Tuesday, 14 November 2006

CJC discusses report and recommends issues for further discussion.

Thursday, 16 November 2006

Thursday, 16 November 2006 Memo from CJC to UA

Monday, 20 November 2006

President charges UA with respect to the report. Read the charge here.

Wednesday, 29 November 2006

UA discussed process for review of the report. Public meeting at G10 Biotechnology Building, 4:30–6:00pm.

Tuesday, 5 December 2006

Meeting between leadership of Codes and Judicial Committee and Campus Code and Judicial System Working Group to discuss process, memorandum of understanding.

Wednesday, 6 December 2006

CJC meeting.

Wednesday, 6 December 2006

UA meeting, including discussion of memorandum of understanding from Tuesday, 5 December 2006.

Thursday, 7 December 2006

Letter from President Skorton concerning review of campus code and judicial system.

Thursday, 18 January 2007

CJC meeting.

Tuesday, 30 January 2007

CJC meeting.

Monday, 5 February 2007

CJC public forum on proposed changes to Campus Code, 4–6pm at Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. The video of the forum is available.

Monday, 12 February 2007

CJC meeting.

Monday, 19 February 2007

CJC meeting.

Monday, 26 February 2007

CJC meeting.

Monday, 5 March 2007

CJC meeting.

Wednesday, 7 March 2007

CJC report to UA.

No further action is expected on the Krause Report at this time. This page has been archived. For subsequent actions brought about by the Krause Report, please visit the Codes and Judicial Committee Home Page.

Reading and Sharing Feedback

The committee solicited community feedback on this proposal by a number of means. You may view most comments received at the spring 2007 CJC comments page.