Student Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights

1. Students have the right to receive in writing the requirements, evaluation methods, and the method of grade determination of a course at the beginning of each semester.
2. Students have a right to be informed about personal grooming requirements of a curriculum in which such requirements are applicable.
3. Students have a right to reasonably frequent evaluation including the grading and timely return of all work submitted on time by the student based solely on an academic basis in accordance with the College’s grading scale and designed to measure student progress and acquired knowledge. Students may discuss their grades with the appropriate instructors. (In Health Science programs, letter grades are determined using published criteria.)
4. Students have the right in a classroom to non-disruptive open discussion, inquiry, and self-expression.
5. Students have the right to participate in a College-approved process of course evaluations.
6. Students have the right to attend classes under the guidelines established by the College’s attendance policy; when students are late for classes, they can be admitted as “tardy” as long as they are not disruptive to the ongoing class.
7. Students have the right of access to their official academic records and the assurance that official records are free from information on personal, social, religious, or political activities or beliefs.
8. Students have the right to privacy of individual official student records. Access to student records will be granted to parents of a dependent student, appropriate College officials, and persons or agencies having a legitimate educational interest. Others wishing access must have written consent from the student. An exception to the above right will be made in the event of legal action or when the safety of persons or property is involved.
9. Students have the right to have protected the privacy of personally identifiable information contained in student records.
10. Students who have completed a course of study have the right to have their academic transcript permanently maintained by the Records Office.
11. Students have the right to express their views on issues of College policy on matters of interest to the student body.
12. Students have the right to a clearly defined means of participating in the formulation of College policy affecting academic issues and student affairs issues.
13. Students have the right to representation on committees that involve student life.
14. Students have the right to elect and be represented by Student Government Association officers in accordance with the College-approved procedures set forth in the SGA Constitution.
15. Students have the right to sponsor and produce publications free from undue censorship provided proper journalism techniques and general College publication guidelines are followed.
16. Students have the right to organize and join clubs and associations and to plan and participate in activities sponsored by those clubs and associations.
17. Students have the right to invite non-classroom guest speakers to the College. Guest Speaker Authorization Forms are located in the SGA office.
18. Students have the right to receive through publications such as a student handbook or a generally available body of institutional regulations, written statements of policies, rules, regulations, and penalties regarding the standards of behavior considered essential to the College’s educational mission, its community life, and the educational progress of the individual.
19. Students have the right of access to a clearly defined, official grievance review process and the right to appeal a disciplinary action (See Section G.)
20. Students who are formally charged with an infraction of College rules and regulations are entitled to attend classes until the charge is adjudicated unless it is determined that the student’s presence is a danger to person(s) or College property.
21. Students have the right to the same protection of their rights and liberties as provided to any other citizen of the United States or resident of North Carolina where infractions of Federal or State laws are being investigated.

Student Responsibilities

1. Students are responsible for an awareness of and for abiding by institutional rules, regulations, and policies.
2. Students are responsible for maintaining individual honor in their academic pursuits by neither participating in nor condoning acts of academic dishonesty.
3. Students are responsible for maintaining the standards of academic performance established for each course in which they are enrolled.
4. Students are responsible for learning the content and demonstrating the competencies of any course of study in which they are enrolled.
5. Students are responsible for maintaining in each course the standard of classroom conduct deemed by the institution to be conducive to the learning process.
6. Students are responsible for complying with institutional procedures governing tardies and absences.
7. Students are responsible for periodically reviewing their institutional academic record for completeness and accuracy.
8. Students are responsible for making arrangements to meet periodically with their advisors to review progress toward graduation.
9. Students are responsible for conducting themselves in an appropriate manner while on campus or while functioning as a representative of SCC.
10. Students are responsible for the creditable expression, individually and collectively, of views on issues of institutional policy and matters of interest to the student body.
11. Students are responsible for producing creditable student publications that follow proper journalism techniques and general College publication guidelines.
12. Students are responsible for conducting the business of student clubs and associations in a fair and equitable manner.
13. Students are responsible for adhering to and complying with prescribed institutional grievance procedures.

NOTE: All information listed in Student Rights and Responsibilities and Student Code of Conduct applies to students enrolled in curriculum programs or Workforce Development & Continuing Education courses.