Principle of Community
In June of 1980, the Board of Trustees endorsed the following Principle
of Community for Dartmouth College:
The life and work of a Dartmouth student should be based on integrity
responsibility, and consideration. In all activities each student is expected
to be sensitive to and respectful of the rights and interests of others and to
be personally honest. He or she should be appreciative of the diversity of the
community as providing an opportunity for learning and moral growth.
This statement provides a basis for interaction between and among all
members of the College, and each of us is expected to be mindful of it in
pursuing our own interests as members of this community.
Academic Honor Principle
Fundamental to the principle of independent learning are the requirements of
honesty and integrity in the performance of academic assignments, both in and
outside of the classroom. Dartmouth operates on the principle of academic
honor, without proctoring of examinations. Students who submit work which is
not their own or who commit other acts of academic dishonesty forfeit the
opportunity to continue at Dartmouth. For the complete text, refer to the Green
Pages of the Student Handbook or
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deancoll/documents/handbook/conduct/standards/honor.html.
Freedom of Expression and Dissent
Freedom of expression and dissent is protected by College regulations.
Dartmouth College prizes and defends the right of free speech and the freedom
of the individual to make his or her own disclosures, while at the same time
recognizing that such freedom exists in the context of the law and
responsibility for one's actions. The exercise of these rights must not deny
the same rights to any other individual. The College, therefore, both fosters
and protects the rights of individuals to express dissent.
Protest or demonstration shall not be discouraged so long as neither force
nor the threat of force is used, and so long as the orderly processes of the
College are not deliberately obstructed.
Membership in the Dartmouth community carries with it, as a necessary
condition, the agreement to honor and abide by this policy.
Equal Opportunity
Dartmouth is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all its
students, faculty, employees and applicants for admission and employment. For
that reason Dartmouth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or status
as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran in its programs, organizations and
conditions of employment and admission. Sexual harassment is a form of sex
discrimination; therefor, sexual harassment will also constitute a violation of
Dartmouth's equal opportunity policy and may be in violations of the Student
Code of Conduct. Additionally, students with documented learning disabilities
have the same legal entitlements as students with physical disabilities and are
entitled to reasonable accommodations as appropriate.
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