Below are sections from the Gordon
College Code of Conduct, Disciplinary Procedures, and the Judicial Committee
that apply to students participating in
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
Students are
admitted to
have developed
acceptable personal standards of conduct and ethics.
Students are expected
to have a responsible attitude toward and respect
for the regulations
and standards of the College, the laws of the
community, state,
and nation, and the standards of fellow students.
College regulations
go into effect at the time a student matriculates and
continue until the
time of graduation or withdrawal. By the act of
registration, the
student assumes an acceptance of the standards and
regulations which
are stated in this catalog and in other publications of
the College.
Students should realize that they may be held accountable
through the
College's disciplinary system when an on-campus or off-campus
offense which, by
its nature, would present a clear and present
danger of serious
physical or mental harm to the students or to another
member of the College
community or to College property. In such case,
the Vice President
for Student Affairs may impose the necessary
temporary sanctions,
pending a hearing.
B.
Administrative Summons
Students are
expected to respond immediately to an
administrative summons.
FOR STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, THIS REGULATION INCLUDES
RESPONDING TO THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
C. Alcohol and
Drug Policy
beverages
by those under the legal drinking age and prohibits
making alcoholic
beverages available to persons under the legal
drinking age.
Federal, state, and local laws pertaining to
possession and use
of alcoholic beverages and other drugs are
enforced on the
College campus and in residence halls.
1. The manufacture,
distribution, sale, possession, or use
of marijuana,
narcotics, controlled substances,
intoxicating
substances or dangerous drugs on campus,
or while
participating in a College function, or at
College approved
events off campus is strictly
prohibited.
2. Student(s) on or
returning to campus who are unable to
control themselves
because of alcohol or drug
consumption are in
violation of the Student
Code of
Conduct.
3. No student shall
furnish or cause to be furnished any
alcoholic beverage
to any person under the legal
drinking age.
This policy
applies to all drugs and their abuse (including
alcohol).
Disciplinary
sanctions for students convicted of a felony
offense involving
the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession
or use of marijuana,
controlled substances or other illegal or
dangerous drugs,
shall include the forfeiture of academic credit
and the temporary or
permanent suspension or expulsion from
the
institution. (BOR Policies; Section 406.04).
H. Disorderly Conduct
1. Disorderly or
obscene conduct, language, dress or
breach of the peace
on College property or at any
function sponsored
or supervised by the College is
prohibited.
2. No student shall
push, strike, or physically assault any
member of the
faculty, administration, staff, student
body, or any visitor
to the campus. Physical assault,
including sexual
assault, is prohibited.
3. No student shall
intentionally harass another person.
Harassment includes
but is not limited to threatening,
intimidating,
verbally abusing, impeding, telephoning,
following, or
persistently bothering or annoying.
Harassment may
represent but is not limited to acts
based on sex, race,
religion, national origin, or
disability.
4. No student shall
fail to comply with the administrative
policies enacted by
the College.
5. Conduct on
College property or at functions sponsored
or supervised by the
College, which materially
interferes with the
normal operation of the College or
the requirements of
appropriate discipline, is
prohibited.
7. Conduct, dress,
and/or expressions which are obscene
or which are
patently offensive to the prevailing
standards of an
academic community are prohibited.
8. No student shall
interfere with, give false name to, or
fail to cooperate
with, any properly identified College
faculty,
administrative, or staff personnel while these
persons are in the
performance of their duties.
P. Joint Responsibility for
Infractions
1. Students who
knowingly act in concert to violate
College
regulations have individual and joint
responsibility for
such violation; such concerted acts
are prohibited.
T. Relation of College Code to
Local, State, and
Federal Laws
Students are subject
to the rules and regulations of the College
and to local, state,
and federal laws. Violation of these rules,
regulations, or laws
is prohibited.
Disciplinary
Procedures
Disciplinary
Procedures at
hearings and will
not be bound by strict rules and legal evidence. It
may receive any evidence
deemed by the Chair of the Judicial
Committee or the
Vice President for Student Affairs or official
designee to be of
probative value in determining the issues involved.
Every effort shall
be made to obtain the most reliable evidence
available. All questions
as to the admissibility of evidence or other
legal matters shall
be decided by the Chair of the Judicial Committee
or the Vice
President for Student Affairs or official designee. This is
a local
administrative hearing and the College official(s) may
exclude any person
who may be reasonably expected to or actually
does interfere
materially with the hearing.
While firmly
committed to the concept of due process, the College
recognizes the fact
that the student may be accused of on-campus or
off-campus offenses
which, by their nature, would present a clear
and present danger
of serious physical or mental harm to the students
or to another member
of the College community or to College
property. In such
cases, the Vice President for Student Affairs or
official designee
may impose the necessary temporary sanctions,
pending a hearing.
Further, the Vice
President for Student Affairs shall have power to
impose such
temporary sanctions, pending a hearing, when a student
or student group
engages in conduct which presents a clear and
present danger to
the freedoms and rights of other members of the
College community in
any manner whatsoever, or which may
otherwise materially
and substantially interfere with the requirements
of appropriate
discipline in the operation of the College.
1. All complaints of
alleged violation by students shall be made to
the Student Affairs
Office. Each complaint shall contain a
statement of facts
outlining each alleged act of misconduct and
the individual(s)
known to be involved.
2. The student shall
be notified by the Student Affairs Office of
the accusation of a
violation and will be asked to come to the
Student Affairs
Office for a conference to discuss the
complaint.
BECAUSE SUCH A CONFERENCE IS IMPOSSIBLE ON A STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAM, THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD VIA TELEPHONE AT AN HOUR AND LOCATION
DESIGNATED BY THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
FAILURE BY THE STUDENT TO APPEAR FOR THE CONFERENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED
AND ADMISSION OF GUILT, AND DISCIPLINARY MEASURES WILL BE TAKEN.
3. At the
above-mentioned conference, the student shall be advised
of the following
options and asked to indicate a preference:
a. An informal
hearing before the Vice President for
Student Affairs or
official designee in which case the
Vice President for
Student Affairs or official designee
will take the
appropriate action. The Vice President for
Student Affairs or
official designee may, for good
cause, refer any
case to the Judicial Committee.
BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF DISTANCE, THE
CONFERENCE ITSELF WILL SERVE AS THE HEARING.
FOR THE SAME REASON, APPEARANCE BEFORE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE WILL NOT
BE AN OPTION.
4. Students shall be
notified in writing of final decisions.
Disciplinary
Measures
The following are
possible disciplinary measures which may be imposed
upon a student for
an infraction of the Student Code of Conduct. This
list shall not be
taken to be exhaustive or in order of severity and may be
enlarged or modified
to meet particular circumstances in any given case.
1. Expulsion: Permanent severance
of the student's relationship
with
2. Probated
Expulsion: Notice
that further convictions of major
offenses, as
specified in the decision, may result in expulsion.
3. Suspension: Temporary severance
of the student's relationship
with
of time is to be
specified in the decision.
4. Probated
Suspension: Notice
that further convictions of
major offenses, as
specified, may result in suspension. The
period of probation
shall be specified in the decision.
5. Restitution: Reimbursement for
damage to or
misappropriation of
property.
6. Community
Service Assignment: Assignment
to work a
specific number of
hours on campus or at a community service
agency.
7. Restrictions: (a) Identification
card privileges; (b) parking
privileges; (c)
other.
8. Reprimand: (a) Oral reprimand -
an oral disapproval issued to
the student by a
person designated in the decision; (b) Written
reprimand - a
statement of disapproval prepared by a designated
person and delivered
to the student in writing.
9. Housing
Penalties: (a)
Expulsion from
housing; (b)
Suspension from housing; (c) Housing relocation;
(d) Residence hall
restrictions; (e) Probated expulsion from
housing; (f)
Probated suspension from housing; (g) Other.
10. Change in
Grade: Initiated
by the instructor for the course in
which an academic
irregularity occurred.
11. Forced
withdrawal: Removal
from the academic course,
within which an
offense occurred without credit for the course.
12. Other: Papers, counseling,
alcohol evaluations, etc.
Appeals
When a student shall
be expelled or suspended from the College for
disciplinary
purposes, the student shall have the right to appeal to the
President of the
College.
1. The appeal must
be based on substantial new evidence or
sufficient grounds
for good cause. Substantial new evidence
constitutes that
which was not available at the original
hearing and which
has a direct bearing on the verdict. A
sufficient ground
for good cause is defined as any
infringement of one
or more of the rights of the accused
student.
BECAUSE THE
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IS MUCH SHORTER THAN A SEMESTER AND BECAUSE THE PENALTY OF
IMMEDIATE EXPULSION WILL BE APPLIED ONLY IN CASES IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN
DETERMINED THAT THE STUDENT IS A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR TO OTHERS OR IN WHICH OUR
AFFILIATE/HOST SCHOOL HAS ASKED THAT HE BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM (FOR
NON-ATTENDANCE OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AT THE SCHOOL OR IN THE HOME), THE STUDENT
MUST APPEAL IN WRITING WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE RECEIPT OF NOTIFICATION OF HIS
EXPULSION. WHILE THE PRESIDENT NORMALLY
APPOINTS A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER, IN THE CASE OF THE STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAM, HE (OR, IF HE CANNOT BE REACHED, AN OFFICIAL DESIGNEE) WILL MAKE A
UNILATERAL DECISION REGARDING THE APPEAL.
HE WILL NOTIFY THE STUDENT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF HIS DECISION.
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