BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A local law firm is releasing its findings into conduct in Boise State's University Foundations 200 course.
The course was temporarily suspended in March after allegations that a student was "humiliated and degraded" in the class.
"After conducting a thorough and independent investigation, we were unable to substantiate the alleged instance of a student being mistreated in a UF 200 course as described by the Complainant," the report stated.
Classes resumed in March while the law firm continued to investigate. A spokesperson for Boise State University says the class will be offered in the Fall.
The law firm Hawley Troxell conducted the investigation, interviewing the person who filed the original complaint. The firm also interviewed about 30 students, and several instructors and employees, according to the report.
The law firm's report said the original allegation was brought forward by someone who was not a student at Boise State, but had seen video showing an incident on March 15th.
"The Complainant reported having viewed a video from a friend’s phone in which a Caucasian student was singled out by an instructor in a BSU class and was mistreated and demeaned," the report said.
"No students reported being forced to apologize for the color of their skin," the report continued. "Nor did any student report being personally singled out based on skin color or being subjected to taunts, name-calling, or other degrading behavior from an instructor or other students based on skin color, beliefs, or ideas.
"Throughout the course of our investigation, we did not uncover any evidence of conduct on the part of a BSU instructor that would, in our opinion, constitute a violation of BSU’s NonDiscrimination and Anti-Harassment policy or that would otherwise constitute mistreatment of a student."
Boise State President Marlene Tromp sent a letter to faculty members after the findings were released.
"To protect the integrity of the process, while the investigation was ongoing, we avoided comment or actions that might lend the appearance of influencing the outcome. I deeply regret that the lack of information during this time may have caused some distress for faculty, staff, and students," Dr. Tromp said in the letter.
"We are pleased to know that there were no policy violations, and we recognize that, in the new climate facing our nation today, we must ensure that we are responsive and thoughtful moving forward and that our students understand, with clarity, that we teach them how to think, not what to think," she said.
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