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PROCEDURE ON DISCIPLINARY DUE PROCESS
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All policies in this Student Success Guide Handbook may be subject to change. Please contact the Office of Student Services for complete policies, regulations, and procedures. www.sandburg.edu/About/Board-of-Trustees/
Student Equal Opportunity Regulation
It is the regulation of Carl Sandburg College that a student’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation or status in any group protected by applicable federal, state or local law (unless a part of a College affirmative action initiative), shall not be a basis for determining: (1) whether the student will be admitted to the College; (2) the educational performance required or expected of the student; (3) the attendance or assignment requirements applicable to the student; (4)
to what courses, fields of study or programs, including honors and graduate programs, the student will be admitted; (5) what placement of course proficiency requirements are applicable to the student; (6) the quality of instruction the student will receive; (7) what tuition or fee requirements are applicable to the student; (8) what scholarship opportunities are available to the student; (9) what extracurricular teams the student will be a member of or in what extracurricular competitions the student will participate; (10) any grade the student will receive in any examination or in any course or program of instruction in which the student is enrolled; (11) the progress of the student toward successful completion of or graduation from any course or program of instruction in which the student
is enrolled; and (12) what degree, if any, the student will receive. Questions or concerns should be addressed to the vice president of student services during regular business hours.
Students Rights and Responsibilities
Carl Sandburg College recognizes that students are citizens as well as members of an academic community. As a citizen, each student has the freedoms of speech, assembly, association, the press and the rights of petition and due process,
which are guaranteed by the state and federal constitutions. As members of an academic community, students have the right and responsibility for participating in the formulation and review of all college regulations and policies directly affecting them. Upon enrolling in the College, each student assumes an obligation to conduct himself/herself in a manner that is compatible with the College’s function as an educational institution. If this obligation is neglected or ignored by the student, the College must, in the interest of fulfilling its function and meeting its total obligations, institute appropriate disciplinary action as outlined in the Carl Sandburg College Policies and Regulations Manual.
Student Code of Conduct
The College expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid disciplinary action. Students are expected to obey the law, to show respect for properly constituted authority, to perform contractual