Introduction to Your Student Housing Handbook
Our Mission, Rights & Responsibilities
We're glad you're here! This handbook is designed to help you: know about the different housing options within the Department of Student Housing; understand your Student Housing contract and the policies and procedures governing your new home; get to know your Residence Life staff and how they can assist you while you live with us; take full advantage of the various services offered in each of our facilities; and get involved with your community and get to know your new neighbors.
Our Mission
The four-point mission of the Department of Student Housing at the University of Kansas is to provide:
- Reasonably priced living environments that are clean, attractive, well maintained and meet current standards of care and comfort.
- Orderly and efficient administration of the program through effective management.
- A learning environment and related co-curricular programs which promote maturity, academic success, self-determination, leadership and community participation.
- In partnership with the Memorial Union, a variety of nutritious and pleasing meals, in pleasant surroundings, at a reasonable cost. Educational efforts relating food selection and eating habits to personal health is essential.
The annual security report about KU safety policies, crime statistics, and campus resources is available online at http://www.ku.edu/safety/ or on paper by contacting the Assistant to the Vice Provost for Student Success, 133 Strong Hall, (785) 864-4060.
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Rights and Responsibilities
Residents in university housing facilities possess specific individual and group rights while engaged in activities that are part of university life. With these rights, residents have reciprocal responsibilities to ensure these same rights for other residents. Housing personnel should educate residents regarding these rights and responsibilities that are associated with community living and use them as a guide in making decisions concerning resident welfare and behavior. The following statements define minimal expectations regarding these rights and responsibilities.
Residents have the right...
- To have reasonable access to their living accommodations based on a published schedule of occupancy.
- To live in a clean and secure environment.
- To facilities and programs that support the pursuit of academic success.
- To expect a regionally competitive price on housing accommodations and/or food service.
- To have access to written copies of university housing rules and regulations, or individual building policies that govern individual and group behavior.
- To the respect and safety of personal property.
- To study without interruption or interference.
- To be free from unreasonable noise.
- To be free of intimidation or harassment.
- To express themselves freely within established guidelines.
- To expect enforcement of housing agreement/contract.
- To have direct access to staff who provide assistance, guidance, and support as needed.
- To host guests, within established guidelines.
- To receive equitable treatment when behavior is in question.
- To enjoy individual freedoms regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, national origin, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
- To participate in resident governmental bodies, and housing departmental committees.
- To have access to individual and group social, educational, and developmental opportunities in their living community.
Residents have the responsibility...
- To adhere to rules and regulations.
- To comply with reasonable requests made by staff, or university officials, or fellow residents.
- To meet payment schedules for room, board, and other required housing fees.
- To monitor and accept responsibility for behavior of guests.
- To report violations of rules and regulations to appropriate staff.
- To respect the rights of others, as stated above.
- To respect the diverse backgrounds and interests of those others who are different from them.
- To treat others in a civil manner and manage conflict in a mature manner.
- To be serious in their academic pursuits.
- To participate actively in self-governance.
- To participate in housing departmental committees as requested.
- To express themselves individually, or by association with groups.
- To participate in judicial proceedings to determine appropriate standards of behavior.
- To contribute positively to the community by participating in educational and developmental activities.
(from ACUHO-I Statement of Resident’s Rights and Responsibilities, Approved 1987, Revised 2002)
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