Unit 9 - Campus Civility Shared Responsibilities Staff Specific Responsibilities Faculty Specific Responsibilities T he college, its employees, and its students face challenging times. Not only is technology reshaping the classroom and the workplace, but changes in attitudes, values, and behavior manifest themselves daily. Both nationally and here at home we are increasingly facing problems that only a few years ago were virtually unknown. Our worlds are becoming less predictable as disruptions and potential violence move closer.
Tempers fray, and people become more litigious.
Too often we let an unsettling national environment inform our responses to local situations. Our students are surely not immune to these apprehensions. A recent survey of current students, for example, revealed a small but substantial concern for campus security. We know that non-students can come to campus for disruptive purposes. It is important that we remember that the atmosphere we create on our campus not only determines our success as an institution but telegraphs to students the kind of world we value.