Indiana University School of Dentistry offers a preeminent dental program alongside medical, nursing, and other healthcare programs on the IUPUI campus in downtown Indianapolis. IU's dental college, established more than 140 years ago, has become a national leader in innovative dental patient care. More than three-quarters of dentists in the state are IU School of Dentistry alumni. IU's School of Dentistry offers eleven different accredited degree and certificate programs. Your admission to IU's School of Dentistry on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis proves your academic skill and professional preparedness.
But no dental student has a graduation guarantee. Every dental student must meet the school's benchmarks and standards for competent and professional practice. And students who don't meet the Indiana University School of Dentistry's academic, professional, and behavioral standards can definitely face dismissal. Failing or poor grades, professional misconduct charges, and other dental student issues can lead to IU School of Dentistry dismissal proceedings. You need skilled and experienced student defense services if you face dental school dismissal at IU School of Dentistry. Retain the Lento Law Firm's premier Education Law Team and national student defense attorney advisor Joseph D. Lento to help you fight for your IU School of Dentistry education in Indianapolis.
Common Reasons for IU School of Dentistry Dismissal
As accomplished as IU dental students are, one might not think of common reasons for their dismissal. But dental students everywhere face serious academic, professional, and life challenges. And IU School of Dentistry students are not immune from those challenges. When IU dental students see their grades slip, withdraw from courses and terms, or leave multiple courses incomplete, they can run afoul of IUPUI's satisfactory academic progress (SAP) requirements. Those requirements include a minimum cumulative grade point average, completing two-thirds of credits attempted, and completing the dental degree program within a maximum time. An IUPUI SAP appeal is possible but requires proof of extenuating circumstances and an achievable recovery plan.
IUPUI also maintains a Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, & Conduct. The Code applies to IU School of Dentistry students just as it does to other IUPUI students. The Code requires academic honesty and integrity, meaning that cheating would be a common reason for dismissal. The Code also requires that students meet the professional and behavioral requirements of their program. IU School of Dentistry professional issues leading to dismissal could include missing patient appointments, disrespecting clinical supervisors, or incompetent practice. Behavioral issues leading to dismissal could include drug or alcohol abuse, criminal conviction, violence, threats, or other disruptive conduct.
IU School of Dentistry Sanctions
IUPUI's misconduct procedures specifically warn of dismissal, among a list of other minor, moderate, and serious sanctions. Dismissal isn't your only risk for violating IU School of Dentistry professional, behavioral, or academic standards. School officials may require that you repeat courses or coursework, complete extra assignments, or accept remedial training or education. Sanctions could also include reprimand, probation, loss of privileges, restitution, and suspension, right up to dismissal. Any sanctions can affect honors, awards, internships, and even job opportunities. But dismissal can, as a practical matter, mean the end of a dentistry education and career, depending on the grounds and form of the dismissal.
IU School of Dentistry Adjudication Process
IUPUI publishes separate procedures for professional or behavioral misconduct and for academic misconduct. Although the procedures differ in important respects, in outline, they each provide for a complaint process, preliminary evaluation of the complaint for merit and early resolution, and investigation of complaints not promptly dismissed or resolved. Both procedures also provide for a formal hearing of any charges not informally resolved. A university hearing commission decides professional or behavioral misconduct, while an academic officer decides academic misconduct unless appealed to an Academic Appeals Board. A formal hearing gives you, with the help of your retained attorney advisor, the opportunity to present exonerating and mitigating evidence refuting the charges and avoiding dismissal.
IU School of Dentistry Appeal Process
IUPUI's procedures for professional or behavioral misconduct and for academic misconduct both offer an IU School of Dentistry student an appeal from an adverse decision imposing dismissal or other serious sanction. Academic appeals go before the university's Appeals Board. Misconduct appeals go before an appeals officer. In either case, the student appealing the dismissal or other sanction must prove certain appeal grounds like newly discovered evidence not previously available, procedural errors affecting the outcome, or grossly disproportionate punishment.
IU School of Dentistry Student Defense Services
Dental school disciplinary procedures, including dental school formal hearings and appeals, require special skills. As a dental student, you are doubtless mature and accomplished. But few dental students have refined academic administrative dispute resolution skills. Indeed, attorneys who practice in criminal and civil courts generally lack those academic administrative skills. For your best outcome, you need the representation of an academic administrative student defense attorney. A skilled and experienced student defense attorney can invoke the above protective procedures and appeals to negotiate or obtain your best possible outcome.
IU School of Dentistry Alternative Special Relief
Even if you have exhausted all hearings, procedures, and appeals, you have good reason to retain national student defense attorney advisor Joseph D. Lento to pursue alternative special relief. Attorney advisor Lento and the Lento Law Firm Team have the national reputation and relationships to gain the attention and confidence of IU oversight officials within the office of general counsel or similar office. Oversight officials pay attention to student fairness to avoid litigation and regulatory risks. Let attorney advisor Lento explore whether you have alternative special relief available to you, even if you have lost all prior hearings and appeals.
IU School of Dentistry Representation
When you retain the Lento Law Firm Education Law Team and student defense attorney advisor Joseph D. Lento, you get the skills and experience of professionals who have helped hundreds of students nationwide avoid dismissal. Call 888.535.3686 or go online now for student defense representation at IUPUI's School of Dentistry in Indianapolis.
