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Rights and Responsibilities
Statement of Rights and Responsibilities for Members of the College Community
A primary responsibility of the College community is to create conditions that provide
beneficial educational experiences and an atmosphere of mutual respect for the rights and
opinions of individuals or groups as long as such expression does not infringe upon the
rights of others.
Classroom Rights and Responsibilities
A. Both students and faculty members are obligated to attend each class meeting.
B. Both students and faculty members are obligated to be prepared for each class
meeting.
C. Both students and faculty members are obligated to extend to one another mutual
respect and courtesy as members of the College community.
D. Faculty members have an obligation to conduct their academic professional activities
honestly and conscientiously.
1.
They shall follow the content and procedures as outlined in the course syllabus.
2.
They shall describe the course objectives, course content, types of class activities
and assignments, and grading system for each course at the beginning of each
semester.
3.
They shall assign grades based on fair, unbiased evaluative instruments without
regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, handicap or
disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic
information, veteran status, marital status, family status, or other classification
protected by applicable law.
4.
They shall grade students’ work and report grades to students within a reasonable
period of time.
5.
They shall give appropriate recognition to students by name for their contributions
to published materials.
6.
They shall respect the confidentiality of information regarding students contained in
College records. Such information shall not be released except by student consent,
or as may be required by law.
E. Students have an obligation to conduct their academic activities honestly and
conscientiously.
1.
They shall refrain from reference during examination or other academic evaluative
process to other individuals or materials not authorized by the instructor.
2.
They shall not possess, purchase, sell, or use any materials intended to be a part of,
or the whole of, an examination or other evaluative process unless authorized to do
so by the instructor.
3.
They shall not act as substitutes for other students in any examination or other
evaluative process.
4.
They shall not avail themselves of aid in a manner expressly prohibited by the
instructor in the research, preparation, creating, writing, or performing of work to
be submitted for academic credit or evaluation.
5.
They shall not plagiarize. Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone else’s work
as one’s own, a serious offense in academic and professional environments.
Plagiarism includes purchasing or borrowing an entire assignment, having someone
else complete an assignment or rewrite an assignment in his/her words, and using
source material to complete an assignment without giving proper credit for that
source material. Students must comply with the style guide required by the course
