Abstract

*Due Process Students are making increasingly strong efforts to excercise what they consider to be their rights, and it is becoming ever more Crucial to define what these rights are and what the concept of "due process " means. This report explains the meaning of procedural due process: the concept of "dueness " and the student's "right " to due process. In addition it discusses: (1) the legal rerationship between the student and the institution: the contract theory, the concept of in loco parentis, the fiduciary theory, and the constitutional theory; (2) the present state of disciplinary procedures within the academy and elements of fair and just dealing in student discipline cases which should meet the "due process" requirement; (3) methods for initiating an adjudicatory system and procedures which will assure that these requirements are met; (4) some minor issues which surround the main topic, such as violation of a criminal or civil law, double jeopardy, self incrimination, right to a private or public hearing and severance,