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TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE PAGE
Rights and Responsibilities............................................................................................ 1 I. General............................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction........................................................................................... 2 A. College Responsibilities to Students......................................... 2 B. Student Responsibilities............................................................ 2 C. Academic Freedom for Students............................................... 2 D. Relationship to Local Judicial System....................................... 3 II. Equal Educational
1. Nondiscrimination................................................................................. 3 A. Policy......................................................................................... 3 B. Procedure for Resolving Accommodation Issues...................... 4 2. Sexual Harassment................................................................................. 4 A. General....................................................................................... 4 B. Definition of Sexual Harassment............................................... 4 3. Corrective Actions................................................................................. 5 A. Student Referral........................................................................ 5 B. Grievance Procedure Regarding Student Behavior................... 5 C. Grievance Procedure Regarding Employee Behavior............... 5 1. Informal Grievance............................................................... 6 2. Formal Grievance.................................................................. 7 III. Academic Regulations....................................................................................... 9 1. General Administrative Responsibility.................................................. 9 2. Attendance and Classroom Decorum.................................................... 9 3. Grades ................................................................................................. 11 A. Grading System....................................................................... 11 B. Appeal of Course Grade.......................................................... 12 C. Grade Appeal Procedures........................................................ 13 4. Satisfactory Academic Progress, Academic Warning, Academic Probation, and Academic Suspension............................................... 14 A. Satisfactory Progress............................................................... 14 B. Academic Warning.................................................................. 14 C. Academic Probation................................................................ 15 D. Academic Suspension.............................................................. 16 E. Appeal of Academic Warning, Probation, or Suspension....... 16 F. Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients.............................................................................. 16 5. Graduation Requirements.................................................................... 21 A. Degrees Granted...................................................................... 21 B. General Requirements.............................................................. 21 C. Degree Requirements............................................................... 21 D. Certificate Requirements......................................................... 21 E. Waiver of Academic Requirements......................................... 22 6. Regulations Regarding Health and Safety.......................................... 22 A. Unsafe Clinical or Practicum Performance.............................. 22 1. Instructor Authority to Remove Students.......................... 22 2. Authority of the Vice-President for Administrative Services to Suspend Students............................................. 23 3. Appeal of Clinical or Practicum Suspensions..................... 23 B. Students with Chronic Infectious Diseases............................. 24 C. Substance Abuse...................................................................... 25 D. Child Abuse and Sex Offenders............................................. 26 E. Appeal from CANTS or Child Sex Offender/ Fingerprint Check.................................................................. 26 F. Information Sheet for CANTS................................................ 27 G. Student Release of Information, Early Childhood Education 27 7. Regulations Regarding Student Records and Graduation Rates............................................................................... 28 A. Rights Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.............................................................................. 28 B. Release of Directory Information............................................ 28 C. Rights to Obtain Graduation Information............................... 29 8. Regulations Regarding the Use of Electronic Information Systems... 29 A. Computer Usage, Privacy Issues, and Ethics.......................... 29 B. Electronic Mail......................................................................... 31 C. Computer Software Usage...................................................... 32 D. Violations and Punishments.................................................... 33 IV. Regulations Concerning Student Behavior..................................................... 34 1. General Administrative Responsibility................................................ 34 2. Offenses............................................................................................... 34 3. Penalties and Sanctions....................................................................... 36 A. Penalties and Sanctions that Require Automatic Hearings..... 36 B. Penalties and Sanctions that Do Not Require Automatic Hearings, but which may be Appealed.................................. 37 C. Authority of Vice-President for Administration to Impose Penalties and Sanctions............................................. 36 D. President’s Authority to Impose Interim Suspension from the College.................................................................... 38 E. Instructor Authority to Remove Students from Classroom.... 38 F. Sanctions against Student Organizations................................ 39 G. Application of Rules and Regulations to Student Athletes while Participating in Athletic Events..................... 39 4. Disciplinary Procedures....................................................................... 39 A. Jurisdiction............................................................................... 39 B. Definitions............................................................................... 40 C. Hearing Committee.................................................................. 41 D. Appeals.................................................................................... 41 E. Judicial Procedures Involving Student Conduct Matters........ 42 V. Divisibility and Amending Procedure............................................................. 45 VI. Appendices ................................................................................................. 47 Appendix A – Classroom Conduct................................................................. 47 Course Re-Entry Agreement............................................................... 47 Appendix B – Student Grade Appeal Form.................................................... 49 Offices to Contact for Student Grade Appeals................................... 50 Appendix C – Student Plagiarism Form.......................................................... 51 |
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