Yearly Statistics

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2025–2026 by the Numbers

542 Community Standards incidents were reported, involving 1,358 individual parties.

The most common violations were Alcohol, Institutional Housing Policies - Noise Violations, and Controlled Substances/Drugs (cannabis/marijuana).

As for resolutions, there were 265 Community Standards Hearings, 439 Educational Letters, and 167 Informal Educational Meetings.

Not all students who are documented have a Community Standards Hearing. Last year, 606 students had either an informal educational meeting with a staff member or received an educational letter.

Educational Sanctions are educational or reflective assignments given to a student who violated a policy. 45 percent of students who receive educational sanctions receive reflective assignments. 45 percent of students receive alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs education/support. Lastly, 8 percent of students receive a sanction related to community and/or creative engagement.

Disciplinary Sanctions are statuses that describe the disciplinary standing of a student. Below are the types of statuses and the percentage of students that received them. 64 percent of students received disciplinary probation. 35 percent of students received a disciplinary warning. Lastly, 1 percent of students were suspended or expelled.

Survey Feedback

Below is some of the feedback that we received from our survey to students involved in a Community Standards Process.

100 percent of survey respondents agreed with the statements that:

“The Hearing Officer was fair when they decided the outcome.”
“The Hearing Officer cared about me as a person.”

Some students said they learned:

“I learned that the guidelines are in place to protect students, that RAs take their job seriously, and that the hearing process allows for valuable reflection.”
“Think before you act.”
“I learned that the officer who talked to me was there to help me, not hurt me.”