The basis for the above recommendations come from the University of Minnesota Mission and Purpose Statements, the Student Conduct Code, the Student Record policy and the 1999 State of the University address given by President Mark Yudof on September 30, 1999. The policy and program recommendations are consistent with the philosophy and version articulated in these documents. Relevant portions of these documents are highlighted below. But at our best, the University of Minnesota is a community built on trust, a trust built on a shared respect for pluralism, professionalism, and public service. In turn, students commit to studying, attending classes, turning in honest work, and treating their fellow students with respect and civility.
Reciprocity is both the operative principle and the wellspring of trust.
The Regents of the University of Minnesota are charged with the duty of adopting regulations for the governance of the University to provide educational opportunities to its students, to transmit and advance knowledge and to provide a wide range of services to both students and the general public. To safeguard the rights, opportunities, and welfare of students, faculty, staff and guests of the University community and to assure protection of the interest of the University as it seeks to carry out its mission on behalf of the citizens of Minnesota, certain minimal standards of conduct become necessary. Students are both members of the University community and citizens of the state. Such personal data and information may become part of the student education records. Students may make the justifiable assumption that the University, as custodian of the data will preserve their private nature.