{"id":7,"date":"2025-09-04T09:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/community-standards\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:48:40","slug":"hazing-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/community-standards\/hazing-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazing Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Purpose and scope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Clark University complies with the federal Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA)<\/a> and Massachusetts laws related to hazing. Clark prohibits all hazing that meets either the federal definition of hazing under the SCHA or the Massachusetts definition of hazing. Hazing violates this policy and may also violate Massachusetts state law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students, faculty, and staff should review this policy so that they can identify possible hazing and understand the consequences of such behavior. If you suspect someone is being hazed, you are encouraged to report such a hazing incident to the resources in Section 3 below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark University discloses hazing statistics in its Annual Security Report<\/a> under the Clery Act and information about hazing violations in its Campus Hazing Transparency Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Federal Definition of Hazing under the Stop Campus Hazing Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal definition of hazing<\/em><\/summary>\n

Hazing is any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons, regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury, including:\n