The Community Standards and Responsibilities section clearly outlines the student conduct process at Grinnell College. Embedded throughout the student conduct process are the tenets of our self-governing community – which also inform the mission and values of our Student Conduct program.
Student Conduct Mission:
The Student Conduct program at Grinnell College supports the Division of Student Affairs and College missions by helping to create and sustain a culture of respect and responsibility – the undergirding tenets of our self-governing community – as well as by providing a holistic and transformative learning experience for students. We strive to resolve allegations of misconduct in a fair, timely, and socially-just manner that balances the needs of the individual student and the College community at large. We achieve our mission by embracing our core values of integrity, honesty, and personal responsibility.
Student Conduct Core Values:
- Integrity : It is important to foster a student conduct system that adheres to our core values of integrity, honesty, and personal responsibility. By living up to these espoused values – as well as being held accountable to the high expectations articulated in the student conduct program mission – the integrity and legitimacy of our process is ensured.
- Honesty : Honesty is the essential building block of all healthy relationships – with one’s self, each other, our campus community, and society at large. By being truthful, sincere, and candid with each other, we can resolve community disputes and mediate allegations of misconduct in a respectful and socially-just manner.
- Personal Responsibility : Self-governance and personal responsibility are hallmarks of our residential liberal arts community. As such, it is important that we take responsibility for our actions that affect not only ourselves but our community as well. By owning our decisions and accepting the consequences of them, we can achieve our mission to create and sustain a culture of respect and responsibility.
