Preamble
The educational purposes of Manhattanville College include the preparation of men and women for discerning and responsible citizenship in a diverse and global world. Members of the College must be able to come together in trust, the pursuit of academic excellence and respect for one another’s integrity in a just community. Each member of the community must respect the rights of others and observe the rules of decent living. All community members must keep the ideal of a just community in the forefront of their minds while making decisions.
The Code of Conduct that follows is constructed on the above tenets. The College encourages all students to govern their own social and intellectual community through the procedures outlined below. By encouraging individuals to govern their community, the College does not absolve the individual from accepting responsibility for his/her own behavior.
The College adheres to its mission statement to educate ethically and socially responsible leaders for the global world. The College reaffirms its tenet that its community must be respectful of all differences including perceived age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, immigration or citizenship status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, military status, sex, gender, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, criminal conviction, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity, or transgender identity.
The College does affirm the idea of student freedom with the acceptance of full responsibility for individual action and the consequence of such action. The College cannot and will not permit destructive or antisocial behavior. Therefore, it reserves the right to intercede and require the immediate suspension or withdrawal of a student where that behavior is perceived to constitute a threat to or violate the rights of members of the community or the individual student. Disciplinary authority is vested in the Dean of Students for undergraduate students and the Associate Dean for SOE Graduate or the Dean of SPS. In addition, the President and the Vice President for Student Affairs or their designee can, in the exercise of discretion, immediately dismiss, suspend or discipline a student for serious misconduct.