Faculty members and administrative officials should ensure that institutional powers are not employed to inhibit intellectual and personal development of students. B. Institutional Authority and Civil Penalties Activities of students may, upon occasion, result in violation of law. In such cases, Monterey Peninsula College officials may apprise students of sources of legal counsel and may offer other assistance. Students who violate the law may incur penalties prescribed by civil authorities. Only where the institution s interests as an academic community are clearly involved will the special authority of Monterey Peninsula College be asserted.
Institutional action is independent of community pressure.