About OSC

Mission

The primary mission of the Office of Student Citizenship is to assist students in developing the skills and confidence to be good citizens of MIT and the world.

In order to accomplish this, OSC values: (a) collaboratively created community standards; (b) community-based approaches to student intervention and education; and (c) a fair process the enforcement of community standards that is easily accessible, transparent, and well publicized. The process must encourage resolution of issues by the individuals themselves, while providing support for the structures which address disputes and violations when necessary.

Overview

The Office of Student Citizenship is the unit within the Division of Student Life responsible for helping students develop and enforce their standards and values. We do this by facilitating student judicial committees within the Dorms and FSILGS, by offering mediation services, and by offering a wide array of programs to help any student organization understand and articulate its values. OSC is the beginning point of all formal complaints against students, serves as staff to the Committee on Discipline, and is an impartial resource for all parties in a complaint. These programs and services are designed to promote community standards of behavior and support the academic mission of the Institute by enhancing student’s academic achievement as well as personal and ethical development.