If a class does not begin or end at the appointed time, inconvenience may result not only for students in the class, but also for the other students and faculty who use the classroom. Instructors should leave classrooms in a condition suitable for the next class. Chalkboards or dry erase boards should be clear and floors should be free of pieces of chalk. Custodial Services should be notified if classrooms require major cleaning. Desks should be returned to their original configuration at the end of each class period.
Faculty members are responsible for managing the classroom environment.
While in the classroom, faculty should focus on relevant issues, set reasonable time limits, assess the quality of ideas and expression, and make sure students are heard in an orderly manner. Faculty members should exercise authority with a sense of fairness and with appreciation for the reality of human fallibility. Both students and faculty members have some measure of academic freedom. University policies on classroom disruption cannot be used to punish lawful classroom dissent. Rudeness, incivility, and disruption are often indistinguishable, and they may intersect.