STUDENT COMPLAINTS

The Board of Trustees authorizes the administration to develop regulations and procedures to equitably resolve a student's complaint that his/her legal rights, status, or privileges as a student have been adversely affected by a College decision or action.

The regulations and procedures developed by the administration will follow these general principles:

1. A complaint cannot be anonymous, and the complaint must be filed within one month of the incident addressed in the complaint.

2. This procedure has no jurisdiction over complaints for which separate legal processes are in existence as provided by law.

3. The intent of the process is that all participants shall respect the rights of all other parties, maintain confidentiality of the participants and nature of the complaint, and refrain from indiscriminate or inappropriate discussion of the case. Such discussion might endanger due process as well as the integrity of all participants by fostering rumor and prejudice.

It is not the intent of this policy to infringe upon the academic freedom or legal right of the faculty member or the student.

Adopted by Board of Trustees: February 4, 1980

Amended: June 21, 1982; July 7, 1986; May 2, 1994