ALFRED UNIVERSITY’S JUDICIAL SYSTEM INTRODUCTION

Alfred University “aims to provide challenging programs in a student-centered environment in order to prepare well-educated, independent thinkers ready for lives of continuous intellectual and personal growth”.  To that end, it is necessary to articulate behavioral expectations and community standards in the form of the Code of Student Conduct, Residence life and General University Policies.  These policies exist to serve as a guide for each student and to ensure the proper atmosphere necessary for the academic and social life of each student.

Alfred University’s student judicial system is designed to confront individuals with the impact of their actions in a constructive and educational manner that will foster an understanding of the effect their behavior has had on individuals and the community. The judicial system is also designed to hold students accountable for their behavior, to protect the University community and property, to protect the rights of the members of that community to function in an environment conducive to academic pursuits and to challenge students’ moral and ethical decision-making.  Judicial action will be taken against students whose conduct adversely affects the University community and/or pursuit of its objectives, or violates state, local or federal law.