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Classroom Regulations
Cellular telephones must be disengaged while the student is in the University Library or in
any classroom/lab.
Instructors and students are not allowed to bring food and/or drinks in the ALHOSN
University
Library or any Classroom/lab.
Smoking is not permitted in any ALHOSN University facility except where indicated otherwise.
Students are expected to dress according to locally accepted standards of neatness,
cleanliness, modesty and good taste.
Instructors and students in the classroom are expected to use language that is not abusive. If
a student uses language deemed by the instructor to be insulting, obscene, or vulgar, that
student will be asked to refrain from using offensive language in the classroom. If the student
continues to use offensive language in the classroom after being warned, he/she may be
asked to leave the classroom. If an instructor is reported by a student or students to be using
abusive language in class, the college dean will inquire into the matter.
Student Discipline System
The student discipline system exists to handle infractions against University rules and regulations.
This system is based on a philosophy of fairness for all parties concerned in any situation involving
noncompliance with a University policy or regulation by a student. This system provides an alleged
violator the opportunity to respond to complaints brought against him or her and to offer an
explanation. When it is deemed appropriate for a case to be forwarded to a Hearing Committee, the
respondent will be provided an opportunity to confront the complainant, to respond to the testimony of
the witnesses and to a right to a hearing board composed of students, faculty, and/ or administrators
to determine whether the student is responsible or not.
The student discipline system is designed to be an educational system and does not function as a court of
law. Therefore, the rules of evidence and various other procedural issues are handled in a manner
consistent with that educational focus. Where the allegations are more serious, and therefore the
consequences more serious, the rules of procedure are structured appropriately. The student discipline
system is not a substitute for the criminal and civil courts but an additional option for complainants
when the alleged violator is an enrolled ALHOSN University student.
If the violation warrants a written reprimand, fine, or work sanction only, there is no appeal and the
sanction must be completed within the indicated time. All other sanctions may be appealed. If the
sanction is either suspension or dismissal from University-owned housing or the University, and the
student appeals, the case shall immediately be scheduled for a hearing before the Appeals Committee.
The Committee is composed of one student member, a faculty member and the designated dean. Cases
can only be appealed once.
Academic Integrity
Adherence to the highest standards of academic integrity is vital to achieving the goals and objectives of
the educational process. The exhibition of honesty in all areas of academic life is basic to maintaining
this integrity. Dishonesty compromises and threatens the pursuit and acquisition of knowledge and
therefore will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty is the unauthorized giving, taking, or
presenting any information or material by a student with the intent of aiding himself/herself or another
on any academic work which is to be considered in the determination of the course grade or
completion of other academic requirements. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to,
deceptive acts such as the following:
Using unauthorized notes or materials (crib notes, books, etc.) as an aid during an examination.
Substituting the examination answers of another for the student’s own; that is, copying
another’s examination paper.
Acquiring, receiving and/or possessing an examination or assignment or any part thereof, at
any time or in any manner not prescribed by the instructor.
Submission by a student of any course materials or activities, not his/her own, to be evaluated
by the instructor in determining the student’s course grade, allowing such a submission to be
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