University Rights

   The University shall have such rights and responsibilities as are necessary and desirable for the University to achieve its purposes. The Tennessee Board of Regents specifically confirms the following rights of the University:

1. To establish regulations concerning the use and abuse of University property and to assess students with claims of damage for such abuse;
2. To withhold grades and transcripts of credit until all claims have been paid;
3. To dismiss, in the absence of specific regulations, any student, at any time, for cause deemed by the University to be in the best interest of the student’s emotional or physical safety or the well-being of the University community;
4. To establish standards of dress, manners, and conduct on the campus within the range of convention and good taste;
5. To establish traffic regulations on campus, provide for registration of all vehicles using the campus, and enforce such regulations as are established. Automobile Restrictions: All cars to be parked on campus must be registered with the Office of Public Safety;
6. To control and regulate the housing of students, both on-campus and off-campus;
7. To establish or institute honor systems and ethical practice codes;
8. To supervise the scheduling of meetings and activities of student organizations; and,
9. To enter, inspect, and search for contraband, stolen articles and such in the room of any student in University-owned housing facilities, when probable cause is established.


The above list is not intended to be all-inclusive and in no way limits the rights, responsibilities, and authority which the University now has. It is simply a reiteration of some of the rights, responsibilities, and authority which have been and are now vested in it.