A superior court judge will decide in August whether the University of California, San Diego, can schedule a new disciplinary hearing for a student accused of cheating five years ago. Last year, a state appeals court ruled that UCSD officials violated the student's right to due process when they concealed the identity of a critical witness in the case. That witness is the person the student allegedly copied from during a midterm exam. The accused student and the appellate court argue that if the student knew who the other exam taker was, he could prove he did not cheat. The university argues that revealing witness identities is against university policy and that doing so could open them to retaliation. Witness concealment policies are common at many colleges and universities. But student conduct experts said using such a policy in this particular case was unusual.

June 22, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed