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To fully realize those commitments, the processes by which we implement them must be fair, effective, and evenhanded. In recent years, this goal has been challenged in a growing number of disciplinary cases involving students from different Schools who are involved in the same event or behavior but may be subject to quite different investigative and fact-finding processes. Fully acknowledging that, at Harvard, each School is responsible for determining discipline for its own students, the facts informing discipline should not vary depending on what School a particular student attends.<br> <br>The University Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (UCRR) offers a solution to this problem. Established in 1970 and populated each year with faculty and students designated by each School, the UCRR was designed to coordinate fact-finding processes involving multiple Schools while leaving the final disciplinary decisions to the Schools themselves. Until now, however, effective procedures for implementing this function have not been formalized.<br> <br>Last fall, the president and provost convened a working group of academic leaders to propose appropriate procedures, drawing upon other University processes already in place. This working group solicited feedback from faculty and staff on disciplinary boards across the University. The proposed procedures closely track those recently adopted to implement other University-wide policies.<br> <br>Interim President Garber has now adopted the proposed <a href="https://provost.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/provost/files/ucrr_procedures.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UCRR Procedures</a> for an initial period of two years. During this period, we will gain experience and gather additional community input about the UCRR Procedures so that revisions may be made as appropriate.<br> <br>We support this decision, also endorsed by the Harvard Corporation, as an important step toward promoting more consistent application of the USRR by ensuring that each School鈥檚 disciplinary decision in cross-school cases will be informed by a common understanding of the relevant facts. We welcome your input, and we are grateful for your cooperation.<br> <br>Sincerely,<br> <br>Alan M. Garber<br>Interim President<br> <br>John F. Manning<br>Interim Provost<br> <br>Meredith Weenick<br>Executive Vice President<br><br>Andrea Baccarelli<br>Dean, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<br> <br>Tomiko Brown-Nagin<br>Dean, Harvard Radcliffe Institute<br> <br>Nancy Coleman<br>Dean, Division of Continuing Education and University Extension<br> <br>George Q. Daley<br>Dean, Harvard Medical School<br> <br>Srikant Datar<br>Dean, Harvard Business School<br> <br>Emma Dench<br>Dean, Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences<br> <br>Marla Frederick<br>Dean, Harvard Divinity School<br> <br>William V. Giannobile<br>Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine<br> <br>John C.P. Goldberg<br>Interim Dean, Harvard Law School<br> <br>Hopi E. Hoekstra<br>Edgerley Family Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences<br> <br>Rakesh Khurana<br>Danoff Dean, Harvard College<br> <br>Nonie K. Lesaux<br>Interim Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education<br> <br>David C. Parkes<br>Dean, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences<br> <br>Jeremy Weinstein<br>Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government<br> <br>Sarah M. 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