A. The University of Alaska will maintain an academic environment in which the freedom to teach, conduct research, learn, and administer the university is protected. Students will enjoy maximum benefit from this environment by accepting responsibilities commensurate with their role in the academic community. The principles found herein are designed to facilitate communication, foster academic integrity, and defend freedoms of inquiry, discussion, and expression among members of the university community.

B. Students will have the right:

1. to pursue an education free from illegal discrimination and to be judged on the basis of relevant abilities, qualifications, and performance;

2. to fair and impartial academic evaluation and a means of recourse through orderly procedures to challenge action contrary to such standard;

3. to free inquiry and expression;

4. to access their own personnel and education records and to have the university maintain and protect the confidential status of such records, as required by appropriate legal authority;

5. through student representatives, to participate in formulating and evaluating institutional policies;

6. to organize and join associations to promote their common and lawful interests;

7. to be able to protest on university premises in a manner which does not obstruct or disrupt teaching, research, administration, or other activities authorized by the university;

8. to an academic environment conducive to intellectual freedom;

9. to a fair and orderly disciplinary process; and

10. to have access to accurate information regarding tuition, fees and charges, course availability, general requirements for establishing and maintaining acceptable academic standing, and graduation requirements.

C. Students will be expected to balance these rights with the responsibility to respect the learning environment for others and for themselves and to make their best effort to meet academic challenges undertaken. Students will be responsible for compliance with the University of Alaska Student Code of Conduct.

D. Information regarding student rights and responsibilities will be set forth in student handbooks and made available in libraries, student affairs offices, and/or electronically. Students will be expected to make a good faith effort to become knowledgeable of their rights and responsibilities as students.

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As with all members of the university community, the University of Alaska requires students to conduct themselves honestly and responsibly, and to respect the rights of others. Conduct that unreasonably interferes with the learning environment or that violates the rights of others is prohibited by the standards and guidelines described in this section and in University Regulation and MAU rules and procedures, collectively referred to as the Student Code of Conduct, or Code. Students and student organizations will be responsible for ensuring that they and their guests comply with the Code while on property owned or controlled by the university or at activities authorized by the university.

Disciplinary action may be initiated by the university and disciplinary sanctions imposed against any student or student organization found responsible for committing, attempting to commit, or intentionally assisting in the commission of any of the following prohibited forms of conduct:

A. cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty;

B. forgery, falsification, alteration, or misuse of documents, funds, or property;

C. damage or destruction of property;

D. theft of property or services;

E. harassment;

F. endangerment, assault, or infliction of physical harm;

G. disruptive or obstructive actions;

H. misuse of firearms, explosives, weapons, dangerous devices, or dangerous chemicals;

I. failure to comply with university directives;

J. misuse of alcohol or other intoxicants or drugs;

K. violation of published university policies, regulations, rules, or procedures; or

L. any other actions that result in unreasonable interference with the learning environment or the rights of others.

Examples of actions which constitute these prohibitions will be described in the corresponding regulation and MAU rules and procedures.

This policy and corresponding university regulation and MAU rules and procedures are not intended to define prohibited conduct in exhaustive terms, but rather to set forth examples to serve as guidelines for acceptable and unacceptable behavior.

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Violations of the Code which occur on property owned or controlled by the university, or at activities authorized by the university, are subject to university judicial review and disciplinary action by the university. Student behavior which, were it to occur on property owned or controlled by the university or at activities authorized by the university, would constitute a Code violation is subject to disciplinary sanction when the university determines that the behavior would likely have an adverse impact on the health or safety of members of the university community, regardless of where the behavior occurs. Students who are charged with violations of local, state, or federal laws may be subject to disciplinary action by the university if the offenses are also violations of the Code. University judicial procedures and disciplinary actions are independent of and may precede, follow, or take place simultaneously with criminal proceedings. University actions will not be subject to challenge on the grounds that criminal charges involving the same incident have been dismissed or reduced.

A student who has been charged with a violation of the Code and refuses to participate in the judicial process may be prohibited from re-enrolling in the university until the charges are resolved to the satisfaction of the university.

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Procedures for reviewing Student Code of Conduct violations will be set forth in University Regulation and MAU rules and procedures and will provide for appropriate process. Failure to adhere to these procedures provides no basis for relief outside the university unless the failure seriously impairs substantive rights and violates minimum due process rights of the party.

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A.   Suspension, Expulsion, and Reinstatement

The president is authorized to delegate his/her authority to suspend, expel, and reinstate a student.

B.   Revocation of a Degree

The president or designee is authorized to revoke a degree that has been conferred by the Board of Regents if a student has been found to have committed academic misconduct in pursuit of that degree.

C.   Other Sanctions

Other sanctions for misconduct, and designation of the authority to impose these sanctions, will be established by the president in regulation.

D.   Imposition of Sanctions

Sanctions may be imposed on individual students who violate the Code. Sanctions may also be imposed on a student organization when the organization violates the Code or when a member's misconduct is attributable to the organization. Disciplinary sanctions imposed on a student by one MAU will be effective throughout the University of Alaska system.

E.   Imposition of Summary Restrictions

A summary restriction is an immediate and temporary limitation on a student's access to the university or university services or functions pending the outcome of the university judicial process. A summary restriction may be imposed on a student prior to a judicial review or hearing if the chancellor or designee determines that the student poses a clear and present threat to the student's safety or to the safety of other members of the university community, or is obstructing or disrupting teaching, research, administration, or other activities authorized by the university.

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Accused students will be notified in writing of decisions or sanctions resulting from university judicial proceedings affecting them, in accordance with University Regulation and MAU rules and procedures. Such notification will be accompanied by information regarding any additional review process.

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The management of student records pertaining to the violation of the Code, and the confidentiality accorded these records, will be set forth in Regents' Policy, University Regulation, and MAU rules and procedures regarding education records.

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A final university decision is one for which there is no further review within the university. The university will inform the student in writing and in accordance with University Regulation when a decision constitutes the university's final decision. Where applicable, the notification of final decision will also state that further redress of a final decision may be had only by filing an appeal with the Superior Court of Alaska in accordance with Alaska Appellate Rule 602(a)(2) within thirty (30) days from the date of the final decision.

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