It looks to me like the specific process comes out of attempt to apply restorative justice norms to student academic misconduct. For example, a first time plagiarist can go through such a process and have the record expunged. bsky.app/profile/jaco...
We’ve spent a decade with conservatives and center-white-wingers saying comparing wokism on campus to the Cultural Revolution so it seems somehow inevitable that we’d end up with actual mandatory self-criticism sessions for left-wing students. nyunews.com/news/2024/05...
NYU’s Office of Student Conduct is allegedly requiring that some students arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Gould Plaza write “reflection papers” and complete “dozens of writing assignment...
And I like the idea of being able to hold a student responsible for academic misconduct while also not destroying their career. But in the Neoliberal university, good ideas get turned into a third-party app that the university can purchase.