Student-Centered Support ⚓ Compassionate Advocacy ⚓ Equity and Inclusion
Integrity and Accountability ⚓ Collaboration and Partnership
Well-Being and Safety ⚓ Innovation and Continuous Improvement

2025-2026 Academic Year

( Fall 2025, J-term, Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 )

Our Impact

Every day, the Dean of Students Office helps students navigate challenges that can affect their academic success and personal well-being. Through advocacy, accessibility, student conduct, crisis response, basic needs assistance, and coordinated care, our team works behind the scenes to ensure students remain connected to the resources they need to thrive.

Our work is grounded in compassionate advocacy, accountability, accessibility, collaboration, and student-centered support, reflecting the University’s commitment to student success and inclusive excellence.

During the 2025–2026 academic year, the Dean of Students Office:

Directly supported more than 4,300 students through accommodations, advocacy, conduct processes, crisis response, accessibility services, food security initiatives, and basic needs support.
Coordinated 74 Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) cases involving student distress, safety concerns, and complex behavioral situations.
Responded to 24 reported bias incidents, resulting in 70 coordinated Bias Resource Team cases.
Managed institutional response efforts related to student and community loss while strengthening URI’s postvention framework.

Supporting Student Success Across URI

The Office of Community Standards promotes accountability while supporting student learning and community well-being. This year was marked with

Conduct processes directly engaged approximately 5% of URI’s student population.

842 unique students involved in conduct processes
More than 2,300 documented student interactions
- 347 conduct meetings
- 1,395 conduct letters
835 conduct reports received and resolved (+16.6%)
414 police-related cases
285 off-campus conduct cases
130 academic integrity cases
20 hazing investigations
- 154 hazing-related student meetings
>76% sanction completion
164 educational sanctions completed
1,600 disciplinary history reviews completed

Note: Repeat high-risk misconduct remained relatively uncommon, with many ongoing behavioral concerns addressed through coordinated intervention and support efforts.

The Office of Commuter Affairs continued to serve as a touchpoint for URI students living off campus or commuting to the University, primarily through informational resources and referral-based support.

25,318 users accessed the Off-Campus Housing Database in 44,486 sessions

Disability Access and Inclusion (DAI) continued to expand services as demand for accommodations reached historic levels. Today, approximately one in six URI students receives support through DAI.

Highlights include:

3,023 students registered with DAI—a 10% increase over the previous year
- Approximately 1 in 6 URI students are supported through DAI
3,632 student appointments conducted
11,795 accommodation letters issued
405 students requesting housing accommodations
792 housing accommodations approved
86 parking exemptions granted
405 students utilizing Rhody Rides transportation services

Student Support and Advocacy Services continued to serve as a critical component of the University of Rhode Island’s student support infrastructure, providing case management, crisis response, and basic needs support for students experiencing personal, academic, financial, medical, and mental health challenges. Student concerns increasingly involved overlapping academic, financial, personal, and health-related challenges. These trends reflect national patterns associated with student attrition risk and underscore the importance of coordinated, wraparound support systems to promote persistence and student success.

During 2025–2026, the staff:

Supported 513 students through case management
Assisted 450 students through advocacy and support services
Completed 104 crisis interventions
Managed 104 bereavement cases

Supporting student basic needs remained a core focus of SSAS operations. The office continued to expand food security initiatives through Rhody Outpost and the Little Rhody Pantry network.