Student Services Mission Statement Organization - Centralia College

Standard Three 21the process. The committee structure including faculty composition issummarized in the College Handbook, section 2.08, where the guidelinesand membership for the specific committees is described. The InstructionOffice completed a 1999 survey of faculty and found that better than 90%of all faculty serve on a minimum of two committees. Other evidence offaculty participation can be found in minutes of the committees.At times faculty committee slots are difficult to fill even though the FacultySenate assists. Some committees lack adequate faculty representation,and faculty involvement is somewhat uneven. Some faculty members arevery involved with committees whereas others are only minimallyinvolved.Student Rights and ResponsibilitiesThe College maintains a Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities(SRR) that has been approved and adopted by the Board of Trustees.The last time the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities at CentraliaCollege was revised and approved was August 6, 1987. A new code wasadopted by the Board of Trustees on September 16, 1999, and is nowawaiting approval through the Washington Administrative Code adoptionprocess, a several month long process. At the time of the writing of thisself-study, it is anticipated the new SRR will become effective sometimeduring spring 2000.AnalysisBecause the SRR had not been reviewed since 1987, a committee wasput together in 1994-95 to revise the out-of-date publication on studentrights and responsibilities. A draft copy was produced and submitted tothe previous dean of student services in the spring of 1995.In 1998, the policy was substantially edited and forwarded to theAssistant Attorney General for input and legal advice. This updated draftwas circulated through the College approval system including SIPC,Faculty Senate, and College Council, with the final recommendation sentto the Board of Trustees September 16, 1999.