Because of the community nature of the Washington Journalism Center, students and staff are expected to follow biblical principles concerning Christian conduct, including a willingness to subordinate one's own prerogatives for the benefit of the community and an earnest endeavor to avoid all expressions of racial and sexual discrimination.

All students are asked to sign and commit themselves to the following statement prior to their acceptance into the program.

“I HEREBY RECOGNIZE that I will be participating in a Christ-centered community in the nation’s capital city, requiring an exemplary lifestyle in living and learning, and respect for members of this community and the surrounding local culture. While in the program, I will endeavor to conduct myself in accordance with a Christ-centered life; cultivating actions it commends such as love, compassion, truthfulness, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. I will likewise refrain from dishonesty, plagiarism, drunkenness, sexual immorality and promiscuity, theft, violence, disruptive behavior, racism, sexual harassment and illicit or non-medical use of drugs, narcotics and other substances. I will also honor any additional standards required by my home institution.

FURTHERMORE, in respect for the values of others in this community, I will abstain from the use of alcohol and tobacco.

I UNDERSTAND that violation of any of these standards is grounds for disciplinary action, including possible immediate dismissal from the program.”

This is the standard by which all students and staff live while involved in the program. Upon receipt of a complaint about, or notice of such a violation or conduct, the director will provide the student with notice of the complaint or alleged violation and give the student an opportunity to be heard. The director will also attempt to communicate, consult and coordinate with the senior student life official at the student's home institution. Then the director will make a decision with respect to the appropriate disciplinary action and will inform the student and the senior student life official at the home campus of the decision. The director's decision will be final unless the student chooses to make a verbal appeal to the CCCU’s Vice President for Student Programs.