AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
STUDENT HANDBOOK
STUDENT HANDBOOK
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Code of Conduct
Students of Augustana College have an important responsibility to reflect standards of conduct that are in harmony with the Christian principles upon which the College is founded. Members of the student body are an especially privileged group who are expected to lead in the setting of high standards.
Augustana College has adopted procedures and regulations to provide for a community free from violence, threats, and intimidations, protective of free inquiry, respectful of the rights of others; open to change, supportive of democratic and lawful procedures; and dedicated to the rational and orderly approach to the resolution of human problems. To safeguard rights, opportunities and welfare of students, faculty, staff and guests of the College, and to assure protection of the interests of the College as it seeks to carry out its mission, a code of student conduct has been established upon the following foundation:
- The Code of Student Conduct expresses concern with matters that impinge upon academic achievement and integrity.
- The College will not condone conduct that breaks the peace, causes disorder, or substantially interferes with the rights of others whether such activity occurs on or off the campus.
- The College is concerned with behavior which threatens the physical, mental, and spiritual health and safety of members of the college community.
- The College is obligated to support and be guided by the laws of the land.
No code of conduct can anticipate every circumstance or question regarding college policies. Accordingly, the Code of Student Conduct is not intended to be a legally binding contract, and the College reserves the right to amend, supplement, interpret, rescind, or deviate from policies from time to time as it deems appropriate based upon the facts and circumstances surrounding each situation, in its sole and absolute discretion.
The following categories define unacceptable conduct. Augustana College does not attempt to define every unacceptable action by formal rules and regulations. In situations not covered by specific regulations, students are expected to use common sense and to act in humane, mature and responsible ways both on and off the college campus.