A student is eligible to return to full participation in the programs, services, or activities at DePaul when the student's individualized plan for return is successfully completed. If at any time a student believes that current circumstances have changed such that the individualized plan for return should be modified, the student should contact the Dean of Students Office to discuss that possibility. All modifications to a plan for return will be established in writing.
Students wishing to return to DePaul following a university-initiated temporary medical withdrawal must schedule a meeting with the Dean of Students Office to discuss the student's successful completion of the plan for return. In general, this meeting must be in-person. However, exceptions may be made at the discretion of the Dean of Students Office.
In addition to participating in this meeting in order to demonstrate their successful completion of the plan, students may also be asked to speak with others with particular subject-matter expertise as needed (for example, a counselor from University Counseling Services or a physician from DePaul Health Services) or may be asked to submit additional information or documentation. As appropriate, this could include a requirement that the student complete a release of information such that the Dean of Students Office may speak with a student's qualified care providers or others, or review current medical documentation. All requests for information will be made as narrowly as possible in order to fulfill the need to consider whether a student has successfully completed the plan.
Based on all of the information available, the Dean of Students Office will make a determination as to whether the student has successfully completed the plan.
In order to continue to support the student, the Dean of Students Office may also work with the student to develop an on-going, individualized plan for student success and to provide for the student’s safe and successful enrollment and participation in the university’s programs, services or activities. Specific elements of the plan for student success could include, for example:
- An on-going monitoring plan;
- Consistent compliance with a recommended treatment plan;
- Periodic conversation with the Dean of Students Office or others to discuss continued success;
- Specific on-going behavioral expectations aligned with DePaul's established policies and procedures, and designed to prevent or mitigate the behaviors that led to the university-initiated temporary medical withdrawal to the extent that the student is no longer demonstrating behavior consistent with the criteria listed above; and
- Options for utilizing available resources and implementing reasonable accommodations to facilitate success.
This determination and any on-going plan for student success will be communicated to the student in writing.
The student may request a meeting with the Dean of Students Office to respond to the plan for success. If at any time a student believes that current circumstances have changed such that the plan for success should be modified, the student should contact the Dean of Students Office to discuss that possibility. All modifications to a plan for success will be established in writing.
All determinations as to whether the student has successfully completed the plan for return, as to whether a plan for return should be modified, as to an on-going plan for student success, as to whether a plan for success should be modified, and as to successful fulfillment of the on-going plan for student success will be made by the Dean of Students Office. These determinations are final.