Thus the document intends to be consistent both with other official statements and goals of members of the University community as published in the Graduate Catalog, Graduate Program Handbooks and the Faculty Handbook and with rights guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States as applied in this institution. The Statement of Students' Rights and Responsibilities that follows outlines the rights and responsibilities of graduate students attending this University. The academic rights of students, by their definition, imply certain responsibilities of the faculty. The objectives of the procedures delineated here are intended to encourage prompt and informal resolution of both concerns and complaints and to provide a recourse, when necessary, to orderly formal procedures for the satisfactory resolution of a grievance. Students' Rights and Responsibilities A. Students' Rights 1.
Students have a right to fair academic evaluation.
Students have a right to a classroom environment conducive to intellectual freedom. Students have a right to be free from improper disclosure of their views, beliefs, and political association that professors or administrators may acquire in the course of their work as advisers and counselors. Such information shall be considered confidential unless the student gives permission to release the information or a law or an event requires public disclosure. B. Students' Responsibilities 1. Students have a responsibility to help maintain the academic standards established by the University by participating fully in the learning process.