An Academic Credit Model for Training Hearing Panels

Since at least 1986, when a group of professionals met at the Stetson Law and Higher Education Conference to discuss the formation of a professional organization for student conduct professionals, student conduct administrators have advocated for the position that student conduct practices are at their core educational processes. According to founding member of the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA), Don Gehring (2013, p. 1), “It was my dream that an organization be created to assist conduct administrators in staying abreast of the laws and to apply the law in a context of aiding students in their personal development.”