Student Conduct Code

Article I: Definitions

1. The term “college” means Community College of Rhode Island.
2. The term “student” includes all persons taking courses at the college, both full and part time. Those who are not officially enrolled for a particular term but who have a continuing relationship with the college are considered “students.”
3. The term “faculty member” means any person hired by the college to conduct classroom activities.
4. The term “college official” includes any person employed by the college, performing assigned administrative or professional responsibilities.
5. The term “member of the college community” includes any person who is a student, faculty member, college official or any other person employed by the college. The dean of students shall determine a person’s status in a particular situation.
6. The term “organization” means any number of persons who have complied with the formal requirements for recognition by the college.
7. The term “college premises” includes all land, buildings, facilities, and other property in the possession of or owned, used or controlled by the college, including adjacent streets and sidewalks.
8. The term “conduct hearing board” means any person or persons authorized by the dean of students to determine whether a student has violated the Student Conduct Code and to recommend imposition of sanctions.
9. The term “conduct hearing officer” means a college official authorized on a case-by-case basis by the dean of students to impose sanctions upon students found to have violated the Student Conduct Code. The dean of students may authorize a conduct hearing officer to serve simultaneously as a conduct-hearing officer and the sole member or one of the members of a conduct hearing board. Nothing shall prevent the dean of students from authorizing the same conduct hearing officer to impose sanctions in all cases.
10. The term “shall” is used in the imperative sense.
11. The term “may” is used in the permissive sense.
12. The term “business day” refers to any day that the college is open and conducting business, exclusive of weekends. The term “academic day” refers to any day that the college holds classes.
13. The dean of students is that person designated by the college president to be responsible for the administration of the Student Conduct Code.
14. The term “policy” is defined as the written regulations of the college as found in, but not limited to, the Student Conduct Code, the college catalog, posted or emailed notices, or found on the college’s website.