The responsibility to secure, respect, and protect a superior learning environment is shared by all members of the academic community. Positive and effective relationships between faculty and students are essential to the university's function. These relationships are founded on mutual respect, understanding, and a common dedication to the educational process. To aid in this process, the following rights and responsibilities of both students and faculty are suggested. Students have the right to expect faculty to meet their classes regularly and adhere to the college calendar.
Faculty have the right to expect students to attend their classes regularly.
Students have the right to expect faculty to be prepared and organized. Faculty have the right to expect students to be equally prepared and organized. Students have the right to expect faculty to maintain regular office hours and to honor all scheduled appointments. Faculty have the right to expect students to attempt to use scheduled office hours in order to discuss relevant concerns and to keep all appointments made with their instructors. Faculty have the right to expect students to submit assignments on time and attend student-instructor conferences for assessment when required.