All disciplinary actions are subject to review by the President. As a general guide for living in the Knox community, the following policy statement was adopted by the faculty on April 9, 1973. Statement of Rights and Responsibilities Faculty, students, administrators, staff and trustees of Knox College have an obligation to fulfill the responsibilities incumbent upon all citizens. They also have the responsibilities of their particular roles within the academic community.
All members share the obligation to respect.
These are listed in detail below. As citizens, members of the Knox community enjoy the same basic rights and are bound by the same responsibilities to respect the rights of others, as are all citizens. Among the basic rights are freedom to speech, freedom of press, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, freedom of political beliefs and freedom from personal force and violence, threats of violence and personal abuse. Each member of the Knox community has a right to organize his other personal life and behavior, so long as it does not violate reasonable standards of conduct, established to safeguard the educational process. The campus is not a sanctuary from the general law.