The Office of Community Standards supports the Jacksonville State University mission through remaining student centered and educational in its disciplinary procedures. The Code of Student Conduct is a way for the university to publicly expect all students (undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree seeking on campus or off campus) to maintain standards and respect for the university community.
The process outlined below is designed to support students who may engage in misconduct through an educational and restorative method. The Office of Community Standards upholds the institution's general mission and goals while recognizing and respecting all Jacksonville State University students' rights, privileges, and responsibilities.
Students who have completed the process of violating and being held accountable to the Code of Student Conduct should end the process with a greater understanding of the impact of their decisions and how to grow and be more mindful community members.
It is the mission of the Office of Community Standards and the Student Conduct System at Jacksonville State University to turn potential incidents of misconduct into opportunities for the facilitation of education and student development. Our goal is that as students make their way through the adjudication process, they will leave that process as better educated students, better all-around members of the university's community, and better global citizens.
As the Jacksonville State University administration is currently structured, the university's Assistant Director for Community Standards is responsible for the implementation and application of this policy:
Paige Rochus
301 Angle Hall
(256) 782-8080
communitystandards@jsu.edu
Full information can be found on JSU's Code of Conduct document.
The Code of Student Conduct is further outlined in the Jacksonville State University Handbook. A hard copy may be obtained from the Dean of Students office, 402 Theron Montgomery Building.
Sex-Based Harassment and Misconduct Policy
(Including Grievance Procedure)
Jacksonville State University does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX, including in admission and employment.
The Title IX Coordinator is the employee who oversees the university’s centralized review, investigation, and resolution of reports of sexual misconduct, sex-based discrimination, and/or sex-based harassment (including incidents of sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence).
Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to Jacksonville State University's Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, or both.
Gloria Floyd
Title IX Coordinator
319 Angle Hall
(256) 782-5769
titleix@jsu.edu
More information, including a complete copy of this policy and procedure, can be found at www.jsu.edu/titleix.
Scholars Code
The University recognizes that the open exchange of ideas plays a vital role in the academic endeavor, as often it is only through discussion with others that one is fully able to process information or to crystallize an elusive concept. Therefore, students generally are encouraged to engage in conversations with their teachers and classmates about their courses, their research, and even their assignments. These kinds of discussions and debates in some ways represent the essence of life in an academic community. Even so, it is important for all scholars to maintain academic integrity in all aspects of their work, clearly noting when they have relied upon or incorporated the work of others.
To ensure academic honesty and provide support for students who may have engaged in minor violations, the university proposes the Scholars Code as means by which the course instructor can work with students in an educational and restorative manner while also securing the academic integrity of the University.
This policy emphasizes several values in order to provide students a clear path forward if they have committed an offense and to provide faculty with clear steps to follow when a student has committed an offense in their class. The first of those values is the student’s academic responsibility, followed by values impacting the process through which an offense is adjudicated: nondiscrimination, equal and consistent treatment, confidentiality, and respect. To that end, the policy consists of the following aspects:
- Violations
- Levels of offense
- Procedures and standards for course instructor reporting
- Process
- Levels of sanction based on offense
- Appeals process
This policy is not intended to supersede any departmental or college-level policies but to provide a consistent view of academic dishonesty and a practice to follow for course instructors in reporting incidents of academic dishonesty and in initiating the formal adjudication process on the university level.
More information, including a complete copy of this policy and procedure can be found in the Student Handbook.