Summary of LEAC concerns and actions 10/1/2025 - 12/31/2025

During the 2025-26 academic year, the LEAC committee used a process for reviewing and addressing reports received by the LEAC committee. The committee categorizes learning environment concerns into five categories:

A: Mistreatment or unprofessional behaviors were reviewed and founded, egregious.

B: Mistreatment or unprofessional behaviors were reviewed and founded, not egregious.

C: Mistreatment or unprofessional behaviors were not founded though reported concerns may have impacted the learning environment but not resulting in a violation.

D: Insufficient information to follow up on the incident.

E: Unprofessional behaviors that are not a learning environment violation were reported.

For October 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, the LEAC committee reviewed and acted on concerns received through ONE 45 or BEACON. LEAC met twice during this period of time. The summary of reviewed concerns includes 1 Category A concern, 1 Category B concern, 0 Category C concerns, 0 Category D concerns, and 0 Category E concerns. The learning environment where the concerns occurred: Phase I (2).

• One concern related to a faculty member being disengaged and dismissive with students. Following discussions by the committee, the case was deemed Category B, mistreatment or unprofessional behaviors were founded, not egregious.
• One concern related to student privacy, confidentiality and professionalism. After discussion with the committee, it was deemed Category A, mistreat-ment or unprofessional behaviors were reviewed, founded and egregious. This case was subsequently presented to Dean Learman due to the Category A characterization.

In December 2025, a LEAC subcommittee, the TRIAGE committee, was formed. This group of three LEAC VTCSOM student representatives and three LEAC senior advisors was created to review reported concerns which do not clearly indicate LEAC review and to provide a transparent process for selection of concerns to be presented at the full LEAC.

The TRIAGE committee reviewed and acted on concerns received through ONE 45 or BEACON. The TRIAGE committee met once during this period of time.

TRIAGE Committee Review

• Two concerns were deemed to have had a possible impact on the learning environment and were referred for full LEAC discussion in January.
• One concern contained insufficient information for designation.

Respectfully submitted:

Rebecca R. Pauly, MD
Vice Dean