RI School of Design (~2,500 students on East Side) — Code of Student Conduct
Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) office
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (401) 454-6653
E-mail: comstandards@risd.edu
Address: Carr House, 3rd Floor, 210 Benefit Street
A Community Incident Report (CIR) is an official document submitted to RISD to report a potential violation of the code of conduct. The SCCS uses the information provided to begin an investigation. According to RISD, you should submit a CIR “any time you have first-hand knowledge of a potential violation of the code.”
A CIR should include:
- An accurate written narrative of the incident(s) you observed or experienced.
- Documents that can help to clarify what happened, such as audio recordings, photographs, or other digital files. According to RISD, although “supporting documents are helpful to have, it is best to submit a CIR even if you do not have [them]. If you have any questions regarding filing an incident report, please contact [SCCS].”
Click HERE to file a Community Incident Report involving RISD students or property
On-Campus Residence Policies
In contrast to other colleges and universities in Providence, RISD requires only first- and second-year students to live on campus (unless they qualify for a waiver) — and also provides off-campus housing for 500+ mostly older students. Like the other schools, however, it makes clear that “the Code of Student Conduct applies to all students, no matter where they are.”
“Within the residence-hall community, guidelines for social conduct are based on mutual respect. … It is your right to ask a roommate or neighbor to moderate their noise if they are being too loud.”
“Responsibility for proper conduct is put upon you, the student, not the college. … Students are responsible for knowing and abiding by the guidelines of the RISD community.”
Quiet hours and noise
Quiet hours are:
• Sunday – Thursday from 11:00 pm to 9:00 a.m.
• Friday and Saturday from midnight to 10:00 a.m.
Noise, including music, should be confined to an individual’s room. We expect students who are bothered by noise to ask the individual(s) causing it to be quieter. We also expect all residents to honor such requests. When a personal request is not successful, residents may ask Residence Life staff or Public Safety for assistance.
Off-Campus / Good Neighbor Policy
“RISD’s urban campus is integrated into residential neighborhoods, and many students live off campus in the greater Providence area, including more residential areas. As a member of our community, you are required to abide by the institution’s good neighbor policy, which states that students living off campus must adhere to RISD’s Code of Student Conduct, just as you would while physically present at RISD.
RISD expects students, whether on or off campus, to behave in a manner consistent with the standards of the Code of Student Conduct.
Students living off campus should understand and appreciate that most of their neighbors have made a long-term commitment to their neighborhoods, while students are often transient members of the community for relatively brief duration. Families living in the neighborhoods around our campus have the right to enjoy a reasonable level of peace and quiet. As students, your academic and personal schedules often conflict with the more routine schedules of families. Students should exercise good judgment and be sensitive to the needs of their neighbors. Large parties and other such gatherings in residential neighborhoods often lead to conflict when music and other noise impacts neighbors. Providence has established noise ordinances, and the Police Department will respond to complaints and issue citations. In addition, RISD will review complaints made by neighbors and may implement formal conduct procedures when violations of the Code of Student Conduct are evident.”
On- and Off-Campus Conduct Policies
The Code of Student Conduct (CSC) shall apply to a student’s conduct on-campus and off-campus ... Student behavior that ... violates the CSC and / or adversely impacts the College and / or College community may be subject to the student conduct process.
While a member of the RISD community, students continue to be subject to U.S. federal, Rhode Island state, and Providence local laws. ... While local, state, and federal laws are separate and independent from the CSC and impose different standards, violations of these laws may also constitute violations of the CSC. In such instances, RISD may take an action under the CSC independent of any other legal proceeding involving the same conduct, and may impose consequences for violation of the CSC even when such other proceedings are not yet resolved or are resolved in the student’s favor.
C. Students are expected not to engage, or attempt to engage, in any other form of conduct they should reasonably know is unacceptable within the RISD community. Examples of such unacceptable conduct include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Interference with teaching, learning, and other activities: prohibited conduct includes
(b) breaching the peace of other members of the RISD community.
Determination of whether particular conduct violates this policy is made on a case-by-case basis, in light of all the known facts and circumstances.
8. Failure to comply / non-compliance
(a) Failure to comply with the reasonable instructions or warnings of RISD officials who are acting in accordance of their duties