> Thanks for your inquiry and for the opportunity to clarify this situation and our general approach to potential student conduct violations. Federal law does not allow UW to comment on matters regarding specific students, but I can provide some general information regarding UW policy and practice.
> Since you asked about swapping classes, I will tell you that students are reminded at the start of each academic year that trading, selling, or buying spots is a breach of the Registration Tampering Abuse Policy. Consequences may include referral to the Student Code of Conduct process, a Registrar's Hold on their record, and potential diploma withholding for graduating students until the conduct process is complete.
> On occasion, the Registrar will place a temporary registration hold in order to prompt a meeting with a student about a potential policy violation. This is standard practice.
> The Office of the University Registrar does not oversee Student Code of Conduct processes. Any corrective actions are only considered once a student conduct investigation has been completed and there has been a finding of wrongdoing. The Office of the University Registrar does not make threats regarding disciplinary action, other than to state what potential consequences could be for violating policy.
> Furthermore, the UW cannot and would not aim to effectively steal intellectual property from a student. There have been instances where a student's class project has turned into a potentially useful tool that UW-IT could help them develop into something that could serve other students. In any such case, appropriate partnership, ownership or credit for such a collaboration would be determined jointly with the student.
> Thanks for your inquiry and for the opportunity to clarify this situation and our general approach to potential student conduct violations. Federal law does not allow UW to comment on matters regarding specific students, but I can provide some general information regarding UW policy and practice.
> Since you asked about swapping classes, I will tell you that students are reminded at the start of each academic year that trading, selling, or buying spots is a breach of the Registration Tampering Abuse Policy. Consequences may include referral to the Student Code of Conduct process, a Registrar's Hold on their record, and potential diploma withholding for graduating students until the conduct process is complete.
> On occasion, the Registrar will place a temporary registration hold in order to prompt a meeting with a student about a potential policy violation. This is standard practice.
> The Office of the University Registrar does not oversee Student Code of Conduct processes. Any corrective actions are only considered once a student conduct investigation has been completed and there has been a finding of wrongdoing. The Office of the University Registrar does not make threats regarding disciplinary action, other than to state what potential consequences could be for violating policy.
> Furthermore, the UW cannot and would not aim to effectively steal intellectual property from a student. There have been instances where a student's class project has turned into a potentially useful tool that UW-IT could help them develop into something that could serve other students. In any such case, appropriate partnership, ownership or credit for such a collaboration would be determined jointly with the student.