Students - Delta College
Students - Delta College
Students - Delta College
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Student Rights & Responsibilities<br />
In joining the academic community, students enjoy the right of freedom<br />
to learn and share the responsibility in exercising that freedom. <strong>Students</strong><br />
are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with standards which<br />
are designed to perpetuate the educational purposes of the <strong>College</strong>.<br />
The <strong>College</strong> has developed procedures and channels by which students<br />
may have a fair and objective hearing for their grievances in regard to<br />
academic evaluation, students' rights and privacy, and disciplinary<br />
action. <strong>Students</strong> have the right of protection against prejudice, capricious<br />
academic evaluation, or loss of personal rights and freedom. At<br />
the same time, however, students are responsible for maintaining standards<br />
of academic performance established for each course in which<br />
they are enrolled and for following the rules of conduct established<br />
by the <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Association and Expression<br />
A. <strong>Students</strong> are free to organize and join associations to promote their<br />
common interests. In order to use <strong>College</strong> facilities and resources<br />
and to request financial assistance, student groups are required to<br />
register with the Student Activities Office, submitting a statement of<br />
purpose and a current list of officers or designated representatives.<br />
Groups are also encouraged to choose a faculty or staff advisor to<br />
assist them.<br />
B. <strong>Students</strong> and student organizations are free to examine and discuss<br />
all questions of interest to them and to express opinions publicly<br />
and privately, including their views on issues of <strong>College</strong> policy.<br />
C. Generally, students or student organizations may distribute written<br />
material without prior approval. Hand-to-hand distribution<br />
shall be permitted in areas of public passage (commons, hallways,<br />
sidewalks, etc.), providing distribution does not interfere with<br />
normal <strong>College</strong> activity or routine. Posting and other types of<br />
distribution shall be limited to those places established by written<br />
<strong>College</strong> regulations.<br />
B. Authority to Establish Standards of Conduct: Standards of conduct<br />
are established by rules of the <strong>College</strong>, as adopted by the Board<br />
of Trustees, and made known through <strong>College</strong> publications or<br />
by notices distributed or prominently posted on <strong>College</strong> Bulletin<br />
Boards; and by laws of the United States, State of Michigan and<br />
County of Bay (public laws).<br />
Except in the case of interim or emergency rules as granted by<br />
Michigan Public Act No. 26 of 1970, such regulations shall be<br />
established and amended with the advice of the <strong>College</strong> Senate.<br />
Final authority is through either the <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees<br />
or the laws of the United States, State of Michigan, or County of<br />
Bay.<br />
C. Individual Responsibility: An individual having an institutional<br />
relationship to <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> (members of <strong>College</strong> community) is<br />
automatically placed under the rules of the <strong>College</strong>. “Institutional<br />
relationship to the <strong>College</strong>” means any connection of employment,<br />
enrollment, or service existing between any person and <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
As used herein, this phraseology is intended to prevent the<br />
application of these rules to purely personal or social relationships<br />
between or among students, faculty members, administration, or<br />
staff members outside the <strong>College</strong> proper. It is therefore important<br />
for all members of the <strong>College</strong> community to familiarize themselves<br />
with the rules and regulations affecting them.<br />
D. Effect of Violating Rules: A member of the <strong>College</strong> community<br />
violating any of the rules of the <strong>College</strong> or a public law, on- Campus<br />
or off-Campus, at a <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong>-sponsored activity, is subject to<br />
disciplinary action by <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> that is appropriate to the nature<br />
of the offense. Such disciplinary action will be taken in accordance<br />
with the procedures governing cases of violations as outlined in<br />
the <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> judicial process.<br />
D. <strong>Students</strong> and student organizations are free to invite speakers, to<br />
hear any person, and to plan programs of their own choosing subject<br />
only to those written requirements established by the <strong>College</strong> to<br />
ensure proper scheduling and use of facilities.<br />
E. No policy, procedure, or guideline of <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> shall discriminate<br />
on the basis of the political, social, or other opinions of students<br />
individually or collectively.<br />
F. No record will be kept by <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> which reflects the lawful<br />
political activities or beliefs of students, unless requested by the<br />
student in writing. Information about a student's views, beliefs,<br />
and/or political associations acquired by the faculty or other <strong>College</strong><br />
employees in the normal course of their work will be considered<br />
confidential and will not be disclosed without the knowledge and<br />
consent of the student unless under legal compulsion.<br />
G. Nothing in this policy shall be construed to imply approval or<br />
endorsement by <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> of the views expressed by students<br />
or student organizations.<br />
H. Nothing in this policy shall be construed to relieve any person of<br />
obligations under Regulations and Rules of Conduct.<br />
Regulations and Rules of Conduct<br />
I. Introduction<br />
A. General Responsibility: <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> has the responsibility to<br />
adopt and enforce rules which are consistent with <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
goals and operations and to establish due process procedures in<br />
disciplinary cases.<br />
198 <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>College</strong> 2009-2010