|
|
|
|
Student Judicial Affairs
Philosophy of University Policies for Judicial Affairs
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a community of learning where students are held accountable for their actions. As individuals they enjoy basic rights, as members of a community they also accept certain responsibilities. NEIU is a place where the free exchange of ideas is valued and where every person is important.
In an effort to create an environment where the freedom to teach and learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom, and to promote health and safety, NEIU has set forth policies that govern student behavior. These policies set standards which NEIU encourages students to rise above and help create a community atmosphere of shared respect.
The University's Judicial System was designed to address students' behavior that causes or threatens to cause harm to another student, other members of the university community, or property, or creates a pattern of extreme disruption, or indicates an extreme inability to cope with their own needs. Any such behavior will violate the student conduct code and will be addressed through the student judicial system. For example, a student who threatens another individual with immediate physical harm has violated the abusive conduct policy and is subject to judicial action. Any behavior that is discriminating and/or otherwise hurtful towards members of the community is addressed through judicial affairs and educational interventions. NEIU is committed to using every available educational tool to stop these behaviors in this community. University officials' behavior that causes or threatens to cause harm to a student(s), other members of the university community, or property, or creates a pattern of extreme disruption, or indicates an extreme inability to cope with their own needs will be addressed through the university's Affirmative Action Office, not judicial affairs.
The University Judicial System affects and applies to all currently enrolled students and to all registered student organizations. Its major purpose is to help create a fair, just, and disciplined university community. The system is based on the assumption that students and groups have the capacity to assume responsibility for their own behavior and the university has the authority to establish an internal structure for the enforcement of its policies and procedures that students have agreed to accept and follow by enrolling in the university.
The University Judicial System is an educational too with two main objectives: to hold students accountable for unacceptable behavior and to modify those behaviors deemed unacceptable by the university. The system strives to address unacceptable behavior in a manner that informs and guides students towards a greater sense of personal responsibility and towards more mature and ethical standards.
Judicial information and procedures all students need to know
|
|
|
