Student Conduct

To meet its educational objectives, an institution of higher learning must expect rational, mature behavior from its constituency. To accept anything less invites the destruction of not only academic freedom, but also the system of higher education.

Student discipline at Lamar State College Port Arthur is based on an educational philosophy of helping students grow and mature into responsible citizens. When a student behaves in a manner that requires disciplinary action, a careful investigation of all facts is made and the student is afforded every opportunity to assist in arriving at a just and equitable decision.

Counseling, conferences with parents and/or instructors, conferences with peer groups and other techniques as may seem appropriate, may be employed in making discipline an educational experience.