Student Rights & Responsibilities

Gettysburg College seeks to establish and maintain an environment that provides for the development of the young adult as a whole person with an emphasis on inquiry, integrity, and mutual respect. The college expects its students to conduct themselves in all places and at all times in such a manner as to show respect for order, morality, personal honor, and the rights of others as demanded of good citizens.

Our office strives to help students gain a greater understanding of these issues of community values and behavioral expectations. If students engage in behavior that violates the standards of community, they are held responsible for their behavior through judicial process. The goals of this process are largely educational.

We hope to help students gain an understanding of what it means to be respectful, responsible members of our community by discussing problem situations, and by issuing sanctions designed to help the student better understand the problems inherent to their behavior. We also issue sanctions that focus on reality that adults must learn to be responsible for the consequences of their behavior. Consequently, serious violations of the standards of our community will lead to serious sanctions, such as suspension or expulsion from the College.

Nothing strengthens the judgement and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility."

-Elizabeth Cady Stanton