Student Rights and Responsibilities

Classroom

1. Students have the right to inquire, to discuss, and to express their views by orderly means that do not infringe upon the rights of others or impede the progress of the course.

2. Students have the right to expect that instructors will conduct themselves professionally in the classroom in accordance with College policy.

3. Students have the right, through a printed syllabus and course outline, to be informed of the academic standards expected of them in each course. Academic standards shall include, but are not limited to, contents, objectives to be achieved, and grading criteria which will be applied to a particular course of study.

4. Students have the right to be evaluated solely on the basis of their academic performance, not on their opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. Students have the right to be protected through established procedures against prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation. Students may not grieve a grade. Students can grieve violation of the state’s grading criteria or the inequitable application of grading criteria.

5. Students have the opportunity, through established institutional mechanisms, to assess the value of a course, services, facilities, and equipment; to make suggestions as to its direction; and to evaluate both the instructor and the instruction they have received.

6. Students have the right to privacy. Personal or scholastic information about students shall be considered confidential and shall not be disclosed to others except in accordance with College policy, Colorado State Open Records Act, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and Freedom of information statutes.

7. Students have the right to reasonable academic assistance provided by the institution both in and out of the classroom, based on a resource available basis.

8. Students have the right to legally mandated absences, such as military duty, jury duty, or legal summons to a court of law. Students receiving financial aid or Veterans benefits should contact the Financial Aid Office.

9. No qualified individual with a self-identified disability shall, by reason of disability, be excluded

Campus

Outside the classroom, students have the right to discuss and express by orderly means, views in support of any cause, providing it does not disrupt the operation of the institution or infringe on the rights of other members of the College community, subject only to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. Students shall have the right to dress in any way that personal taste dictates and that does not interfere with the education process or with health and safety requirements and is not lewd, indecent, or obscene. Clothing with offensive and/or obscene wording or pictures will not be tolerated. Students wearing such items will be asked to change the item of clothing or leave campus. Students have the right to be free from harassment or discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation. Expect an environment free of drug and alcohol abuse. Family members or friends of students are welcome to wait for students to complete class time or school business in the Learning Resource Center (library). All other areas of campus, including the Student Center, are for student use and considered No Loitering zones.