blauSamstag wrote:
In the USA, a private university can expel a student for almost any reason. Particularly if that reason is mentioned somewhere in a document that the student has signed an agreement to abide by.
At BYU for example, it has been standard practice to expel any student charged with rape. The very same day they are charged, before the trial. Someone will visit the accused in their holding cell to inform them that they have been expelled.
Unless they are on the football team or the basketball team, probably. At least, back in the 90's, some football players were arrested for shoplifting, which would usually get you kicked out of BYU, but the school decided that the sincerity of their apology was good enough for them to keep playing ball and making money for the school.
BYU is a religious school, of course, and students sign an "honor code" that spells out that they can be expelled for things like possession of pornography. Unless they are a good athlete in a money sport. How firmly this sort of thing is enforced varies by who is president of the university.
A complication in the USA (and some other countries, I'm sure) is that anyone can file a civil lawsuit against anyone for any reason. And a judge may find that the expulsion was unwarranted or capricious or violated the civil rights of the student, regardless of any agreement the student may have signed.
Public universities are subject to different rules depending on what government agency controls them. And said government agencies (and the public institutions they operate) can also be sued for any reason.
It can expell someone without trial,
How does this apply to the principle of "presumption of innocence", "innocent until proven guilty"