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JBU Policies
Since its inception in the summer of 1919, John Brown University has been an educational institution committed to the transformation of students. The university equips people in their intellectual, spiritual, and practical lives by providing Christ-centered liberal arts and professional education. Clear expectations help the members of the community live in unity. Therefore, while students are not required to profess personal Christian faith, making the choice to attend JBU means having a sympathetic appreciation for our guiding principles and choosing to abide by our community expectations.
Community Covenant
The university community has developed four guiding principles that represent our core values. The Community Covenant pairs those four principles with illustrative statements to illuminate their meaning and practical lifestyle expectations that we request our traditional undergraduate students to abide by whether they live on-campus or commute.
Student Handbook
The Student Handbook includes a description and history of JBU, lists student services available, describes lifestyle expectations and includes a directory to all campus offices.
Title IX Policy
The university is committed to the preservation of human dignity and is particularly concerned about the possibility of harassment, whether sexual, racial, ethnic or any other type. This applies to all members of the JBU community including but not limited to students, employees, and third parties. Harassment in any form - verbal, physical, or visual - is strictly prohibited, against university policy and will result in immediate disciplinary action. It is a violation of state and local law and university regulations to commit a sexual assault (including rape).
Community Covenant
As a Christian institution, JBU's influence has a clear connection and reliance on a strong “campus community.” Clear expectations help the members of the community live in unity. Therefore, while students are not required to profess personal Christian faith, making the choice to attend JBU means having a sympathetic appreciation for our guiding principles and choosing to abide by our community expectations.
Title IX Policy
The university is committed to the preservation of human dignity and is particularly concerned about the possibility of harassment, whether sexual, racial, ethnic or any other type. This applies to all members of the JBU community including but not limited to students, employees, and third parties. Harassment in any form - verbal, physical, or visual - is strictly prohibited, against university policy and will result in immediate disciplinary action. It is a violation of state and local law and university regulations to commit a sexual assault (including rape).
Student Handbook
The Student Handbook includes a description and history of JBU, lists student services available, describes lifestyle expectations and includes a directory to all campus offices.
Non-Discrimination Policy
JBU affirms the biblical truth that all people are created in the image of God and should be treated with dignity and respect. In keeping with that commitment, JBU aspires to be an authentically diverse community where people can flourish and grow in keeping with God’s design for their lives. In that context, JBU does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, military status, or age in the administration of its educational policies, admissions, financial aid, employment, educational programs, or activities. JBU is committed to preserving human dignity and is particularly concerned about harassment, whether sexual, racial, ethnic, or any other type.
As a Christ-centered, religious institution, JBU retains the right to make employment, admission, and educational decisions based on an individual’s religious beliefs and conduct consistent with the JBU’s Statement of Faith, Employee Expectations, Student Community Covenant, and other university policies. In general, JBU opposes discrimination, harassment and retaliation as stated in this Policy, but it is also exempt from certain state and federal anti-discrimination laws due to its status as a religious non-profit corporation and its constitutional right to act in accordance with its religious beliefs. Nothing in this policy is intended, nor should it be construed, to waive JBU’s rights to those exemptions or legal defenses, or of JBU’s right to make and enforce policies in furtherance of its religious beliefs.
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JBU does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, military status, or age in the administration of its educational policies, admissions, financial aid, employment, educational programs, or activities.
John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. Arkansas’ top-ranked university (The Wall Street Journal) and top-ranked regional university (U.S. News), JBU enrolls more than 2,200 students from 37 states and 42 countries in its traditional undergraduate, graduate, online and concurrent education programs. JBU offers more than 50 undergraduate majors, with top programs including nursing, psychology, construction management, graphic design, family and human services, and engineering. Eighteen graduate degrees are available in business, counseling, cybersecurity, and education.
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