Babson College Blank School Summer Program
Handbook of Pre-Collegiate Policies and Participant Code of Conduct
Preamble
The Babson College Handbook of Pre-Collegiate Policies, and all that it comprises, aims to promote a positive living and learning community for Pre-Collegiate participants at Babson. Integrity, civility, and respect for the community, in and out of the classroom, are recognized by Babson College as core values. The College expects that all Pre-Collegiate participants will do their utmost to embrace these core values and subsequent expectations. In doing so, participants will contribute to the development of Babson as a positive living and learning community.
A. Code of Conduct
To uphold the Principles of the College community, participants in The Arthur M. Blank School Summer Program (the “Program”) are required to abide by the Code of Conduct. The Code covers behaviors by all Program participants (“Participants”) no matter where the behavior occurs. This includes, but is not limited to, behaviors that occur off campus but cause potential or actual harm to individuals (whether or not those individuals are affiliated with the College), the College community, or to institutional reputation, or that suggest a Participant’s presence on campus may pose a safety risk. The determination of whether behavior is subject to this Code will be made by the Director of Pre-Collegiate Programs or their designee. Online behaviors during the Program are also subject to the jurisdiction of the Code. The Code applies beginning on the Participant’s Program start date or their arrival to campus, whichever comes sooner, through to the end of their Program enrollment, including between consecutive Programs and when participating in a Babsonsponsored excursion or at an affiliate site. Matters that present an immediate health or safety risk or that may be criminal in nature may be reported to Public Safety, who will follow all federal, state, local and internal investigative, notification and reporting requirements.
As a condition of participation in the Program, Participants must abide by the following standards and expectations:
A.1. Act as good citizens by showing respect and courtesy to all members of the College community, including fellow Participants, students, staff, instructors, campus neighbors and affiliates.
A.2. Contribute to a healthy and safe community environment. Use methods of expression that are appropriate for a healthy living-learning environment. Obscene, derogatory, and/or abusive language are prohibited.
A.3. Respect College and other community members’ property, including equipment, furnishings and facilities (including but not limited to residence halls, classrooms, athletic facilities, dining halls, indoor and outdoor common areas), affiliate property and facilities and private property.
A.4. Be truthful in personal engagements and uphold high standards of academic integrity; including producing work that is one’s own creation and meeting intellectual challenges through honest effort and hard work.
A.5. Respect academic freedom and others’ personal expression and inquiry.
A.6. Abide by the College’s Notice of Non-Discrimination that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, religious creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, military obligations, participation in discrimination complaint-related activities, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws in its practices, programs, or activities.
A.7. Abide by applicable portions of the College’s Title IX Policy as well as the College’s Gender Based Misconduct Policy , which outline prohibited conduct related to sexual and gender-based harassment, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.
A.9. Not commit, or threaten to commit, acts of violence on people or property.
A.10. Abide by all applicable federal, state and local laws.
A.11. Abide by the Code of Conduct and all applicable College policies, procedures and rules, including, without limitation, the policies listed in this Code of Conduct and on the Babson PreCollege website, forms, waivers and any rules and guidelines presented by staff and instructors during the Program.
A.12. Not assist or attempt to assist another individual in violating the Code of Conduct or any other College policy, procedure or rule.
A.13. Promptly report any suspected violations of the Code of Conduct or any other College policy, procedure or rule to a Program staff member or College official.
Failure to abide by this Code, policies and practices on the forms each Participant attending must review and sign, program website, and applicable College policies, procedures and rules may result in disciplinary action, which could include but is not limited to: a warning, restitution, consultation with parent/guardian or immediate dismissal from the Program at the discretion of the College. More information about dismissals can be found below.
The College reserves the right to revise or update this Code at any time in its discretion with or without notice. Participants and parents/guardians are responsible for periodically reviewing the
Code for revisions or updates. The most up to date version of the Code can be found in our FAQ for Enrolled Students | Babson College. If Participants or parents/guardians have questions about the Code of Conduct, they should contact the Director of Pre-Collegiate Programs at blankschoolsummer@babson.edu
B. General Living and Learning Policies
These policies apply to on-campus, off-campus, and online offerings.
B.1. Participants are expected to respect others. Examples of unacceptable conduct include but are not limited to: violence, threats of violence, intimidation, bullying, stalking behavior, dangerous conduct, belligerent, and/or menacing behavior are prohibited. Any actual or attempted unauthorized use of electronic or other devices to make an audio or video recording of any person without prior knowledge or consent is prohibited.
B.2. Participants are expected to function independently without causing significant negative impact on the community.
If the Director of Pre-Collegiate Programs or their designee identifies a potentially dangerous and/or detrimental situation affecting a Participant’s health or safety and/or the health or safety of others, the Participant may be required to isolate or leave the Program depending on the circumstances Should a residential Participant be required to leave, parents/guardians will be expected to arrange pick-up or departure for their Participant within as soon as possible and no longer than 24 hours.
B.3. Disruption and disorderly conduct are prohibited, as is unauthorized entry into buildings, spaces, or rooms, virtual or otherwise.
B.4. Participants must comply with fire safety regulations posted in buildings when on campus. Participants must evacuate buildings immediately when a fire alarm sounds. Tampering with fire equipment, including fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and alarm boxes is strictly prohibited, and they may be removed immediately or have fines assessed Participants may not prop open or otherwise tamper with a locked exterior door or fire doors.
B.4.1 All Participants are expected to register for the RAVE Emergency Notification system while they are attending the Program.
B.4.2. Animals are not permitted in any College building, even on a temporary basis, except for preapproved service animals.
B.5. Participants are expected to respect College officials and Program administrators. It is expected that Participants will always carry their One Card on their person. Failure to identify oneself, evasion of College officials, failure to comply with a reasonable request of a College official, failure to respond to questions from a College official, harassment and/or belittling of staff
performing their duties and disrupting Program or College operations or authorized non-College activities occurring on campus are prohibited.
B.6. Online Participants may not use or be under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs (including marijuana) while participating in any online live remote instruction or Program-sponsored online meetings.
B.6.1. Online Participants may not have alcohol, illegal drugs or related paraphernalia visible while participating in online live remote instruction or Program-sponsored online meetings.
B.7. Participants may use approved personal over the counter and prescription medications in accordance with applicable procedures but may not share with others or use others’ medications.
B.8. The operation of motorized vehicles is only permitted for commuter Participants for transportation to and from Babson’s Wellesley campus. Participants who commute to campus by car are required to acquire a parking permit from Public Safety. Participants are not permitted to transport other Participants in their motor vehicles.
B.9. While on campus, Participants may visit other Participants’ residential spaces regardless of residential or commuter enrollment. They are required to comply with courtesy hours and quiet hours when in residential spaces. Participants may not visit the residence halls or other housing accommodations of Babson College undergraduate students or other non-Pre-College Program or conference participants residing in other campus residence halls
B.10 Residential Participants living on Babson College’s campus may, during designated free time, voluntarily travel within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without supervision from, or under the auspices of, Babson College. Participants and their parents/guardians are solely responsible for and assume all risks associated with such travel. Off campus travel must not interfere with a Participant’s ability to attend all mandatory classes and activities, complete out-of-class assignments, comply with Program policies, or adhere to the established curfew.
Checkout and Travel Requirements
• Students may leave campus only after checking out with their Community Experience Assistant (CEA).
• During their free time, students must travel with at least one other student and may not travel more than one hour from campus.
• When checking out, students must provide the CEA with:
o The names of the students they are traveling with
o Their destination
o Their expected return time
• Students must check back in with their CEA immediately upon returning to campus.
• All students must return to their residence hall room by 10pm.
Authorized Transportation
• Permitted forms of transportation are Uber Teen and public transportation.
• Students may not be driven by other Program Participants, or travel in any personal vehicles unless they have been granted permission via a Student Campus Departure Form signed by their parent or guardian.
Exceptions Requiring Parent/Guardian Approval If a Participant plans to:
• Travel more than one hour from campus,
• Leave campus alone, or
• Be picked up by a parent/guardian or other authorized adult, A parent or guardian must submit the appropriate form granting approval at least 24 hours prior to the student’s departure.
While off campus, Participants are expected to comply with all applicable Program policies and standards of conduct.
B.11. Residential Participants living on Babson’s campus are permitted to stay overnight away from campus only if their parent/guardian submits the appropriate form granting approval at least 24 hours prior to departing campus. Parents/guardians must inform the Program if Participant will not be checking in for curfew, even on the first Sunday night of a check-in day, as not doing so initiates a process to locate the Participant that may involve numerous staff across the institution. Unless for an emergency, this travel should not interfere with a Participant's ability to attend all mandatory classes and activities or complete their out of class work.
C. Residence Hall Policies
In order to support Participants in their successful participation in the Programs, all residential Participants must abide by the following guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines and established expectations for social and residential conduct as indicated in the Code of Conduct may result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from the Program Participants are expected to always act responsibly and autonomously but will be subject to guidance and direction from Program staff who are responsible for enforcing program policies and procedures. If inappropriate behavior occurs, Program staff will intervene and address such actions. Program staff will forward relevant matters to the Program Office, or review and potential conduct review (See E. Disciplinary Procedures).
C. 1. Residential Participants are expected to be in possession of their Babson OneCard and room key(s) whenever they leave their assigned room and must immediately report any instance of lost or stolen One Card or room key(s) to residential staff or a member of Public Safety. Participants should use only their own OneCard and key(s) and never lend their One Card or key(s) to another Participant. Participants will be charged $25 for the loss of a OneCard and Residential Participants will be charged for lockouts as follows: first lockout to be free, then $25, $50, $75 and then $100 for every subsequent lockout. Participants will be charged $100 for each lost room key.
C.2. Residential Participants are required to sleep in their assigned room and must adhere to nightly curfew restrictions (listed below). This includes a face-to-face check-in with a residential staff member in your assigned residence hall room every evening by the designated curfew time
and remaining on their floor until 6 a.m. the next morning. Participants who are delayed in returning to their floor by curfew must contact a residential staff member by phone in advance of the curfew time No exceptions or requests to extend the curfew will be accepted. Participants with multiple curfew violations may face disciplinary action up to and including Program dismissal.
C.3. Residential Participants must maintain reasonable courtesy hours within and in the vicinity of the residence halls and classroom facilities. Participants must comply with the requests of others to lessen or eliminate noise. When quiet hours are in effect, no noise should be heard from another room or area. Participants may study in groups or socialize quietly during quiet hours in the lounges.
Sunday to Thursday
p.m. to 8 a.m.
p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday to Saturday
a.m. to 9 a.m.
p.m. to 6 a.m.
C.7. Participants must respect the rights of roommates, including but not limited to, the right to privacy and free use of the shared room. Residential staff reserve the right to administer mandatory relocation of Participants to maintain the safety, well-being, and productivity of the Program and its Participants
C.8. All requests for routine maintenance to your room should be directed to your CEA or the Residence Life Office. Emergency maintenance needs (such as broken windows, broken door locks, burst pipes, etc.) should be reported immediately to Public Safety (781.239.4444). Maintenance work will be completed as soon as possible. Serious needs are addressed first, and attention to non-critical maintenance requests may therefore be delayed. We encourage you to report maintenance needs of public areas (such as bathrooms, lounges, and eating areas).
C.9. Residential Participants are not allowed to have guests in their residence halls outside of other enrolled program participants, including friends and family outside of designated move-in and move-out timeframes
Commuter Participants must have a Pre-College residential Participant host while in the residence hall. Commuter Participants are not allowed in the residence hall during curfew hours.
C.10. Residential Participants will not be allowed to be away overnight or on weekends except for extenuating circumstances. In such cases, parents or guardians must submit a request in advance by completing the online Overnight and Weekend Leave Form.
Overnight and Weekend Leave Forms must be submitted at least 24 hours prior to the leave.
C.11. Due to the brief duration of the Program, Participants are not allowed to change rooms without prior approval. In exceptional circumstances including severe duress or emergency, Residence Life staff will determine if a room change is appropriate. Participants who change rooms
without approval will be required to return to their original room assignments. The College reserves the right to change a Participant’s room assignment at any time and for any reason. Participants in shared rooms who find themselves without a roommate are contractually obligated to accept a new roommate at any time. In this case, Participants must keep the available desk and bed free of all personal belongings. Behavior on the part of the original occupant that discriminates against a newly assigned occupant of the room may result in the reassignment or removal of the original occupant.
C.12. The College, at its discretion, may enter and search any room and its contents at any time without advance notice, including personal possessions. Authorization for an administrative entry and/or search is given by the Vice President, Learner Success and Dean of Campus Life or their designee to the staff member requesting the search. Public Safety officers who determine that there may be a danger to an individual’s well-being, such as a medical emergency, may enter a Participant’s room and/or conduct administrative searches without prior approval, but must notify supervisors and appropriate Campus Life staff as soon as is reasonably possible.
C.13. Residential Participants may not use, possess or distribute the following either on-campus or off-campus for the duration of their Program(s) and until they vacate the residence halls:
• Weapons - the College defines a weapon as an object or implement designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage, including but not limited to firearms, ammunition, projectile launchers, slingshot devices, facsimile weapons, BB guns/pistols, illegal knives, fireworks or explosives;
• Candles (including tealights), incense, grills, flammable liquids, gas-operated stoves, hot plates, toasters, toaster ovens, appliances with an exposed heating element, space heaters, torchiere halogen lamps, refrigerators that are not College issued or sponsored; microwaves that are not College issued or sponsored;
• Hoverboards, electric bikes, or electric scooters;
• Alcohol, tobacco products, illegal drugs (including marijuana and inhalants) or related paraphernalia.
C.13.1. Participants who find themselves in the presence of any prohibited item(s) listed in C 13 must promptly and immediately remove themselves from that situation and are expected to report the existence of these items to residential staff.
D. Academic Policies
Participants are expected to uphold high standards of integrity with regard to all assignments, activities, and work associated with the Program. Examples of prohibited academic misconduct include but are not limited to the following:
D.1. Cheating
Using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, computing materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise. Examples include, but are not limited to:
• Unauthorized use of a phone, laptop, calculator, and/or other hand-held electronic and non-electronic device(s);
• Receiving assistance/help on an academic exercise from another person/resource without the permission of the instructor;
• Unauthorized use of Artificial Intelligence in any academic exercise.
D.2. Fabrication
Falsification, misrepresentation, or invention of any information, data, or citation in an academic exercise. Examples include, but are not limited to:
• Making up the data for a research project;
• Altering the results of a lab experiment or survey;
• Listing a citation for a source not used.
D.3. Facilitating Academic Dishonesty
Helping or attempting to help another Participant(s) to violate any provision of this policy. Examples include, but are not limited to:
• Inaccurately listing a co-author of a paper, case write-up, or project someone who did not contribute;
• Sharing a homework assignment, case write-up, lab report, etc., with another without the expressed permission of the instructor.
D.4. Plagiarism
Representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise by failing to provide proper documentation of source by way of footnote, endnote, or intertextual note. Participants are also responsible for appropriately citing work they’ve previously created and submitted for any past academic exercise. Examples of sources that demand documentation include but are not limited to the following:
• Word-for-word quotations from a source, including your own work from a previous academic exercise or another Participant’s work;
• Paraphrasing the ideas of others, including another Participant’s work;
• Radio and television programs, interviews, and telephone conversations.
D.5. Participation in Academically Dishonest Activities
Seeking to create an unfair academic advantage for any Participant including oneself or others over other community members. Examples include, but are not limited to:
• Destruction of library materials, laboratory materials, or academic records, including transcripts, course registration, course syllabi, and examination/course grades;
• Misrepresenting or falsifying your class attendance or participation in required activities or the participation of another Participant;
• Distributing a professor’s course content or other proprietary information online or otherwise with external sources without prior authorization.
D.6. Unauthorized Collaboration
Instances when Participants who all claim sole authorship submit or attempt to submit separate deliverables that are substantially alike.
E. Disciplinary Procedures
E.1. Offenses - In a case where a Participant is suspected of failing to meet the established expectations in the Code of Conduct, the matter will be forwarded to the Director of Pre-Collegiate Programs for review. If an instructor or other College official believes that a Participant in their course has acted questionably with regard to academic honesty or fails to meet the academic requirements of the course, including attending the class, the case will be forwarded to the Program Faculty Director for review. The College reserves the right to manage minor offenses that will not result in dismissal from the program or removal from the residence halls at its discretion. Minor offenses may result in outcomes such as warning, guardian notification, or restriction from a social element of the program at the discretion of the College.
E.1.1. To encourage Participants to take responsibility for their behavior and use the experience to make good decisions whenever appropriate, parents/guardians may or may not be notified of a disciplinary meeting or outcome at the discretion of the College. Notification to parents/guardians may take place depending on the severity of the incident or discipline.
E.1.2 Alleged violations of Code of Conduct A.6 and A.7 - when the alleged behavior may fall within the purview of Nondiscrimination Policy, the Title IX Policy, and/or the Gender Based Misconduct Policy, the matter will be forwarded to the Title IX Office for review and, when warranted, addressed using the applicable Grievance Procedure.
E.1.3. Major Offenses – For situations where dismissal from the program and/or removal from the residence halls is a potential outcome, a reasonable investigation will take place followed by a meeting between the Participant and a Pre-College Administrator. Sanctions for major offenses will be determined at the sole discretion of the Pre-College Administration and are not subject to an appeal.
E.2. Sanctions – Sanctions are designed to be educational and provide opportunities for Participants to reflect on the impact of their actions. Sanctions include but are not limited to one or more of the following outcomes:
• Written warning.
• Housing assignment relocation or removal from housing.
• Fines (for the repair, replacement,or cleaning of property).
• Educational accompanying terms (e.g. reflection paper, apology letter, policy review paper) may be included.
• Restriction from campus services, spaces, and/or non-academic programming.
• Meeting with faculty or administrator.
• Restorative conversation.
• Dismissal from the Program (further described below).
E.2.1. Program Dismissal - In the discretion of the College, including for serious or repeated violations of the Code of Conduct, a Participant may be immediately dismissed from the Program.
Participants dismissed from the Program are notified in person and in writing. A parent/guardian is notified promptly after the decision of dismissal has been made. Parents/guardians of dismissed Participants are required to make travel arrangements and depart from campus or a location-based Program as soon as possible and no more than 24 hours of the dismissal notification.
E.2.2. Participants who have been dismissed from the Program for conduct, academic, social, or residential violations will receive no refunds of any deposits or fees. The badge of completion will not be issued to a Participant who has been dismissed.
F. ACCEPTABLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
Babson College may provide access to and use of certain IT technology resources and assets to Participants in support of their participation in the Program. Those resources and assets may include systems, services, equipment, networks, data, apps and other technologies (collectively, IT Resources and Assets”). To the extent that a Participant is granted access to or use of any such IT Resources and Assets, Participants must act responsibly, ethically, and in compliance with applicable law and College policies, including but not limited to the Acceptable Use Policy. Access to and use of IT Resources and Assets is a privilege and may be limited, restricted, or revoked at any time by the College in its discretion.
Participants are prohibited from accessing or using IT Resources and Assets to engage in any activity that could adversely affect the security, performance, operations, or availability of IT Resources and Assets. Participants are additionally prohibited from engaging in any of the following while accessing or using any IT Resources and Assets:
• Engaging in prohibited harassment or discrimination in any form, including but not limited to harassment or discrimination based on any characteristic protected by law and/or College policy;
• Promoting and/or facilitating any illegal activity, including but not limited to identity theft, hacking, or fraud;
• Unlawfully distributing, redistributing, downloading or attempting to download copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright owner;
• Engaging in the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, duplication, alteration, modification, or destruction of data, content, systems, configurations, or IT Resources and Assets;
• Tampering with or changing anti-virus, firewall, or other security-related computer settings;
• Installing prohibited software;
• Deliberately introducing any malicious program onto or into any IT Resources and Assets (e.g., virus, worm, keystroke logger);
• Causing or contributing to security breaches or disruptions of network activities or communications
Participants may be granted access to an email address that is issued, sponsored, or supported by the College during their participation in the Program. To the extent a Participant is granted such access, they are prohibited from engaging in any of the following activities:
• Accessing or attempting to access the contents of another's email account;
• Sending an email under another individual's name or email address, except when authorized to do so by the owner of the email account;
• Attempting to disguise the identification or origin of an email; and
• Sending unwanted/uninvited spam emails and email chain messages.
Participants may be required to use College-issued credentials (ID and password) to access certain IT Resources and Assets. Participants must keep their College-issued credentials secure and confidential. Sharing credentials is prohibited, and Participants are accountable for all activities associated with their College-issued credentials. Participants are prohibited from attempting to circumvent the authentication and/or security of any computer, host, network, or application account.
IT Resources and Assets belong to the College, and Participants should not consider any data, content, or materials on any IT Resources and Assets to be private. To the extent that Participants wish for their private activities to remain private, they should avoid making personal use of IT Resources and Assets. The College reserves the right to access, review, restrict, remove, or copy all documents and/or information stored on or transmitted through IT Resources and Assets at any time, with or without notice, when it determines in its sole discretion that it has a legitimate need to do so.