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5. Complete all the requirements to earn a degree. 6. Learn all their rights. a. statutory rights - laws passed by congress. b. privacy rights - information in student records and protection from improper disclosures. c. consumer rights - the right to get what is paid for and advertised by the institution. d. civil or federal rights - rights secured under the federal constitution or federal civil rights law. (freedom of expression, assembly). 7. To make their own academic decisions. Advising is an implied contract between the student and the institution. Advisors are the agents of the university and students may rely on the advisor’s information. The advisor is there to inform; the students make the decision. 8. Conduct their academic affairs in a forthright and honest manner. If students are suspected of classroom cheating, plagiarism, falsification of university records, or otherwise is representing their work, they will be subject to procedural due process. 9. Take appropriate action when informed of grade deficiencies. The students should seek information from the professor, or withdraw from the course. 10. Know their full due process guarantees and understand the appeals procedures. I. FREEDOM OF ACCESS Barry University is open to all students who are qualified according to its published admission standards. No student is barred on the basis of race, sex, color, or national origin. Except for published limitations, the facilities and services of the university are open to all of its enrolled students. Barry University will use its influence to secure for all students’ equal access to public facilities in the local community. II. ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF STUDENTS Barry University students have a right to quality instruction and/or educational experiences in each course of study, to overview of the course, and to the teaching strategies to be used by the instructor. The following rights are guaranteed: A. Attendance: Students have the right to the presence of the instructor according to the course schedule published by the instructor at the beginning of each course. Students are responsible for taking full advantage of the opportunities and conditions provided in the classroom. B. Protection of Freedom of Expression: Barry University instructors should encourage free discussion, inquiry, and expression. Students are free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. C. Protection Against Improper Academic Evaluation: Student performance should be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on the basis of student opinion and/or conduct unrelated to academic standards. Grading should be based upon stated academic requirements which shall be clearly specified by the instructor at the beginning of each course of study. Students have protection through orderly procedures as stated in the University Catalog, against prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation. At the same time, they are responsible for maintaining standards of academic performance established for each course in which they are enrolled. D. Protection Against Improper Disclosure: Information on student views, beliefs, and political association which instructors may acquire in the course of their work as teachers, advisors, and counselors in considered confidential. Protection against improper disclosure is a serious professional obligation. Judgments of ability and character may be provided under appropriate circumstances, normally with the knowledge of the student. 38
III. STUDENT RECORDS To minimize the risk of improper disclosure, academic and non-academic records are maintained separately in a physically secure area, and access to each is regulated by explicit policies and procedures as outlined. 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act I. INTRODUCTION Section 438 of the General Education Provisions Act, Title IV of Public Law 90- 247, as amended, became effective November 19,1974, including amendments effective January 1, 1975. Under the Act, educational institutions are subject to loss of certain federal funding if they permit release of “personally identifiable records or files for personal information contained therein” except with the student’s written consent or in certain other instances indicated in the Act or if they do not permit an attending student to inspect “any and all official records, files and data directly related to” that student. The secretary of education has issued regulations in implementation of the Act which have been taken into account in formulating the following statement of university policy. Recommendations for the revision of the university guidelines may be sent to the , Thompson Hall 104. II. PURPOSE The purpose of these policies and procedures is to assure students at Barry University access to any and all records maintained by the university which are defined as “education records” and to insure the privacy of students by restricting the disclosure of information from education records only to those persons authorized under the Act. Members of the university community, administration, faculty and staff have a moral obligation to respect the rights of students to good reputation and to privacy by holding in confidence information acquired in the course of their work. III. NOTIFICATION TO STUDENTS Students will be notified annually of their rights of access to all education records kept by Barry University, by publication of a summary of these policies and procedures in the student newspaper and such other means as are appropriate. Copies of this policy will be made available to any student upon request at the office of the vice president for Student Services, Thompson Hall 104. Questions concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act should be referred to the office of the vice president for Student Services. Students also have the right to file complaints with the Department of Education. IV. DEFINITIONS A. A student is defined as any individual who is attending or has attended Barry University as a student of record. Students on leave of absence are included, but not persons who have applied for admission but who have never attended the university. B. The student records maintained by the university are classified as follows: 1. Official academic records are maintained in the Office of the Registrar. Included are admission applications and associated documentation, the registration forms for each semester in residence; the records of grades and credits received in courses at this institution or accepted here from other institutions; and other documents directly relating to the student’s academic progress and status. 2. The student records maintained in departmental offices are under the authority of the respective deans, and access to them by the student or others is not permitted without the dean’s authorization. 39
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