Student Rights and Responsibilities Manual

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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 Opportunity 3
1. Nondiscrimination 3
A. Policy 3
B. Procedure for Resolving Accommodation Issues 4
1. Sexual Harassment 4
A. General 4
B. Definition of Sexual Harassment 4
1. 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 37
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 40
D. Appeals 41
E. Judicial Procedures Involving Student Conduct Matters 42
V. Divisibility and Amending Procedure 45
V. 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