Responsible Office: Student Development
Policy Administrator: VP for Student Development
Scope: |Student

Approved By: VP/Provost

Approved Date: 7/1/2017

Effective Date: 7/1/2017

Category: Student

Description/Purpose:

Office of Student Conduct general information

Details:

The University community is committed to fostering a campus environment that is conducive to academic inquiry, a productive campus life, and thoughtful study and discourse. The student conduct process within the Office of Student Conduct is committed to an educational and developmental process that balances the needs of individual students with the needs of the University community.

The office will facilitate the development of all students by maintaining a student conduct system and programs which enhance student engagement and intellectual development by promoting both the Franciscan Goals of Higher Education and the Core Values of Student Conduct at Saint Francis University. The Office of Student Conduct under the leadership of the Associate Dean of Students fulfills its mission by providing programs and services that:

• develop, disseminate, interpret, and enforce University rules and policies;
• allow students to use critical thinking skills through the design of educational opportunities to determine appropriate behaviors and the consequences for unacceptable and/or inappropriate behaviors;
• intervene effectively when student behavior violates the Statement of Conduct.