Students Rights and Responsibilities

The Common Good

The privilege of being a member of the Young Harris College community carries responsibilities. Your words and actions should bring credit to you, your family, your community, and Young Harris College. One individual’s actions will have an impact on the community, positively or negatively. Whether inside or outside of class, on or off campus, as a member of a group or team or as an individual, your decisions affect those within your community. Respect, honor, and integrity should guide both your actions and words. Young Harris College is committed to teaching students to be responsible citizens and to pursue lives consistent with the core values of the institution. As a community we expect the behavior of all members of the community to be:

• Legal
• Responsible
• Respectful of persons and property
• Reflective of our institutional values

Being a responsible member of this community compels you to consider not only your actions but also the actions of others and the effects on the community. Do not simply point out problems but help find solutions. Intervene to help someone else in need. Ask for assistance for yourself or others. Do not stand by silently but become active and engaged. Keeping YHC a safe and enjoyable environment in which to learn, work, and live is the responsibility of every member of this community.

The Code of Conduct addresses categories of behaviors, the process, and the procedures for those occasions in which students whether unintentionally or intentionally, by acting or failing to act, do not uphold their responsibilities to themselves or to the YHC Community.