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Student Handbook

Grinnell College is an undergraduate, four-year, coeducational residential college that seeks to develop in students analytical and imaginative thinking in the liberal arts. The College exists to serve students directly and society indirectly. The College’s ultimate goal is to educate citizens and leaders for our republic and the world beyond our borders. To this end Grinnell graduates should be equipped to pursue successful careers, satisfying personal lives, effective community service, and intellectually satisfying and physically active leisure. Selective in admission, the College strives to be a multicultural residential community open to the intellectually qualified who want to participate. Grinnell fosters critical independence in the context of a community that expects and respects intellectual and social diversity. We support and encourage a faculty of active scholars whose primary mission is to teach.

The Student Handbook outlines the policies, procedures, and services applicable to students of Grinnell College. Students should use this handbook to gain an understanding of how the Grinnell College community functions.

Certain guidelines are necessary for the welfare and protection of the members of the college community. The policies and procedures outlined here provide the framework for self-governance and the orderly operation of the community. They also enable the College to fulfill its educational objective.

Every student is responsible for knowing the material in this handbook as well as pertinent information in the current Grinnell College Catalog, Housing Information Packet, and the Guide to Computing.

The bylaws of the College authorize the disciplinary rules in this booklet. The Office of Student Affairs oversees rules pertaining to judicial processes and student life.

The College reserves the right to change during the academic year the policies and procedures in this booklet. Students will be notified in the event of such changes.

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