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There will be only one commencement ceremony in the spring of each year.
Regardless of graduation completion dates, all graduates are invited to attend
Commencement.
Students who wish to earn a second degree from Manchester Community
College will be required to complete a minimum of 15 credits beyond the
number required for the initial degree, and fulfill all requirements of the second
degree. The Registrar’s office will notify students in writing of the results of
the evaluation/audit.
Short Four Credits:
1. Students who have applied by the deadline and are short four (or fewer)
credits to graduate, may request special permission to participate in
the ceremony. However, the student's name may not be printed in the
program and their certificate/degree will not be ordered until the next
cycle after all requirements have been met.
2. The degree will be conferred the following December and an additional
Graduation Application and fee are required.
Student Responsibilities
Attendance Policy
The faculty of Manchester Community College believe that regular and prompt
class attendance is necessary for a student to benefit from the learning experience.
Specific attendance requirements will be set by each individual
instructor.
Academic Integrity
Manchester Community College is committed to academic integrity. An
academically honest student submits for evaluation only such work, including
tests, papers, reports, presentations, or ideas that have been written,
performed or created solely by that student. On those occasions when the
stated rules of a course permit collaborative efforts, the contributions of other
individuals and sources should be appropriately acknowledged. It is, at all
times, the responsibility of the student to maintain conduct consistent with the
concept and definition of academic integrity, including not only the avoidance
of plagiarism, but also other actions further outlined under College Policies in
the MCC Student Handbook.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined by Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary as
the act of taking someone else’s idea, writing or work, and passing it off as
one’s own. If you fail to give credit to the source of the material, whether directly
quoted or put in your own words, this lack of credit constitutes plagiarism.
Whether you take, buy, or receive material from the internet, from a book, from
another student, or from any other source, and you fail to give credit, you are
stealing ideas; you are engaged in plagiarizing.
Plagiarism: 1) is a serious violation of academic standards and has serious
academic consequences for the student, 2) at the discretion of the instructor,
may result in failure of the submitted work or failure for the course, and 3) as an
act of academic dishonesty, may result in additional disciplinary action by the
College, as indicated in the MCC Student Handbook, College Policies, under
the heading “Student Discipline,” section 2, number 9: Academic Dishonesty.
Students Rights
Review of Academic Decisions
Students are evaluated and awarded credit based upon academic performance
and without regard to personality, race, gender, religion, personal
beliefs or on the basis of a previous complaint/grievance.
A student may request review of a grade or other decisions affecting academic
status in accordance with the Board of Trustees’ policies. (Complete texts of
these policies are available in the office of the Dean of Students.) The informal
procedure that follows is suggested as the way a student would begin:
A student who has an academic grievance may discuss it first with the instructor
or staff person involved, with a counselor, or with an administrator
(for example: division director, dean.) If this discussion does not resolve the
matter, the student should discuss the complaint with the supervisor of the
person towards whom it is directed.
Within 15 calendar days of the student’s awareness of the academic decision,
if a satisfactory resolution still has not been achieved, the student should
proceed in accordance with the grievance procedure in the Student Handbook
titled “Student Rights,” Section 3: Review of Academic Standing. (A copy of the
official text of “Review of Academic Standing” can be obtained from the office
of the Dean of Students.)
Release of Personally Identifiable Student Records
The student’s permission is required for the release of any information other
than “directory information”: name and address, dates of attendance, full- vs.
part-time student status, and date of graduation. For the purposes of access
by military recruiters only, telephone listings and, if known, age, level of education
and major, are also designated as directory information. Students may
request in writing that directory information concerning them not be released.
(The only exception: information can be released to parents without student
permission if the student is listed as a dependent on the parent’s tax return.)
A complete statement about this subject is available for inspection in the office
of the Dean of Students.
Sexual Harassment Board Policy
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that is illegal under state
and federal law and is also prohibited by the Board of Trustees’ Nondiscrimination
Policy. This policy is available in the following offices: Center for Student
Development, Personnel, Dean of Students, Academic Affairs and Library.
Transfer Policies
(Policy Statement from the Board of Trustees for Connecticut
Community-Technical Colleges)
Transfer into a Connecticut Community College:
At all regional community colleges, degree credit shall be granted for credit
courses completed at all institutions within the Connecticut State System of
Higher Education and at all other accredited collegiate institutions in accordance
with the following:
1. Degree credit shall be granted for all credit courses that are applicable
to the objectives of, or equivalent to the course requirements of, the curriculum
in which the transferring student enrolls. Credit work that is not
applicable or equivalent to curriculum requirements shall be accepted
for credit at the discretion of the college. Degree credit shall also be
granted on the basis of performance on examinations in accordance
with standards and limits approved by the Board of Trustees.
2. Credit courses completed with a grade of “Pass” (P) shall be accepted
only for degree credit; the “Pass” grade assigned by other institutions
shall not be included in computation of grade point averages.
3. Degree credit shall be granted for credit courses completed with a passing
letter grade of “C” or better. Such credit courses shall be accepted
only for credit, and letter grades assigned by other institutions shall not be
recorded or included in computations of student grade point averages.
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