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Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College

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COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG<br />

as well as their own, the college has few<br />

specifc regulations regarding conduct, and<br />

these are printed in the Student Handbook.<br />

Additionally, the Student Handbook<br />

contains the college policy about the rules<br />

for maintaining public order as passed<br />

by the board of trustees and approved by<br />

the State Education Department. Copies<br />

may also be obtained from the Offce of<br />

the President or the Offce of the Vice<br />

President and Dean of Students and<br />

Enrollment Management.<br />

stUdent riGHts<br />

The college supports the following<br />

position of the American Association<br />

of University Professors (1968 Joint<br />

Statement of Rights and Freedoms of<br />

Students):<br />

In the classroom and in conference,<br />

professors should encourage free<br />

discussion, inquiry, and expression.<br />

Student performance should be evaluated<br />

solely on an academic basis, not on<br />

opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to<br />

academic standards.<br />

A. Protection of freedom of expression.<br />

Students should be free to take<br />

reasonable exceptions to the data or<br />

views offered in any course of study<br />

and to reserve judgment about matters<br />

of opinion, but they are responsible for<br />

learning the content of any course of<br />

study for which they are enrolled.<br />

B. Protection against improper academic<br />

evaluation. Students should have<br />

protection through orderly procedures<br />

against prejudiced or capricious<br />

academic evaluation. At the same time,<br />

they are responsible for maintaining<br />

the standards of academic performance<br />

established for each course in which<br />

they are enrolled.<br />

C. Protection against improper disclosure.<br />

Information about student views,<br />

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beliefs, and political associations that<br />

professors acquire in the course of<br />

their work as instructors, advisors,<br />

and counselors should be considered<br />

confdential. Protection against<br />

improper disclosures is a serious<br />

professional obligation. Judgments of<br />

ability and character may be provided<br />

under appropriate circumstances,<br />

normally with the knowledge or<br />

consent of the student.<br />

CoUrse reqUirements<br />

An outline of all course requirements will<br />

be provided by each instructor to students.<br />

This outline will include a grading policy<br />

used to determine a student’s fnal grade.<br />

Students are responsible for meeting<br />

course prerequisites and for promptly<br />

obtaining any texts or materials required<br />

for the course.<br />

Students who have met course<br />

prerequisites at other institutions will be<br />

required to provide transcripts evidencing<br />

satisfactory completion of the prerequisite<br />

courses prior to registration.<br />

AttendAnCe PoLiCY<br />

Specifc attendance policies should be<br />

confrmed with each instructor. Students<br />

must be prompt and in attendance<br />

for all classes; when absent, they are<br />

responsible for any assignments and/or<br />

material they may have missed. A class<br />

meeting is an uninterrupted instructional<br />

session involving one or more classes, a<br />

practicum, or a laboratory period during<br />

which a single attendance record is made.<br />

Excusable absences are those verifed as<br />

required by the individual faculty member.<br />

If faculty records indicate that a student<br />

has never attended a class, the Offce of<br />

Records and Registration will drop the<br />

student from a class. This may affect<br />

health insurance, athletic and fnancial aid<br />

eligibility.

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