The Student Information
section includes the rules, guidelines, and processes that allow the student and
College to operate while assuring concern for the rights of others and their
property. The topics in this section are
listed alphabetically.
The Dean of Student
Services (DOSS) shall be primarily responsible for the administration of the
student conduct system. The Student Life
Coordinator (SLC) may work closely with the DOSS in resolving minor
disciplinary problems resulting from the violation of regulations regarding
student activities.
The Dean of Instruction
(DOI) shall be primarily responsible for the administration of the academic
conduct system, in cooperation with the Associate Deans. On rare occasions there may be incidents that
involve both student and academic conduct, at which time the two Deans will
consult and the more serious offense will have precedence. (The consultation is to include the necessity
for having the President appoint an additional ‘standby’ appeals committee as a
precaution to help ensure fairness of due process in this unusual
situation.) For more information, please
see the LCC Student Handbook.
Each student is expected to
be fully acquainted with all published College policies, copies of which are
available to each student for review in the Student Life Office, Student
Services Office, or in the LCC Library.
The College will hold each student responsible for compliance with these
published policies. Students are also
expected to comply with all federal, state, and local
laws, and any student who violates any provisions of those laws is subject to
disciplinary action, notwithstanding any action taken by civil authorities
because of the violation. This principle
extends to conduct off campus that is likely to have an adverse effect on the
College or the educational process. In
the event of an infraction:
A.
The student(s)
believed to have been involved will meet the respective Dean to review the
incident.
B.
Following a
preliminary investigation, if sufficient evidence indicates that a violation of
the Code has occurred, the Dean will initiate the procedures for a hearing as
indicated in Section 3 of the LCC Student Handbook.
C.
Should the
student disagree with the findings, an appeal is allowed and is to be pursued
within the respective procedures.
This Code of Student
Conduct is applicable to every student enrolled at the College, whether
part-time or full-time and whether in residence, by extension, or otherwise and
may at times apply to persons off campus when using College facilities or
participating in LCC programs or activities, including off-campus trips and
clinical sites. This Code is adopted
pursuant to authority granted by the LCC Board of Trustees. (Please refer to the LCC Student Handbook for
more information.)
Student records maintained
by the Student Services Office include admissions applications, transcripts,
enrollment forms, schedule change forms, and ACT & SAT scores. Financial Aid applications and records, including
student earnings and disbursements, are on file in the Financial Aid Office.
Student placement test
results are maintained in the
Applications for admission
to specific programs, test results, confidential references, and unofficial
copies of transcripts are maintained in the Program Director’s Office (i.e.
Nursing, Radiography, Respiratory Care, etc.).
A charge of $1.00 per page
will be assessed the student for reproduction of the records requested by the
student. Academic transcripts are $5.00
per copy.
Sexual harassment is a form
of sex discrimination that violates Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 or
Title VII of the 1064 Civil Rights Act.
In its 1980 guidelines, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) defines the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees in
the workplace.
The College is committed to
maintaining an environment free of objectionable and disrespectful conduct and
will not tolerate behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with an individual’s
performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive learning or
working environment.
Alleged incidents of sexual
harassment will be fully and promptly investigated, and appropriate
disciplinary or other corrective action will be taken where the investigation
indicates such harassment did occur.
Students who feel they are being harassed by anyone connected to LCC
should contact the Director of Human Resources at (620) 421-6700, extension
1234, or Dean of Administrative Services at extension 1231. Students may also contact the Dean of Student
Services at extension 1264.
Under Section 438 of the
General Education Provision Act as amended, Part 99, Privacy Rights of Parents
and Student, Subsection 99.37, educational institutions may disclose to the
public personally identifiable information about students provided that it is
classified as directory information.
The following is considered
directory information:
|
Name |
Degrees & awards
received |
|
Address |
Dates of attendance |
|
Current telephone status |
Date of graduation |
|
Current enrollment status |
Date of birth |
|
Athletic Program
information |
Place of birth |
|
Concentration |
Previous institution most
recently attended |
(Please see the LCC Student
Handbook for the complete details regarding Student Directory Information.)
A
1.
The receipt of a
grade or academic sanctions (See Academic Misconduct or Appeal of Final Grade).
2.
Established
College policies or procedures.
The College Student
Grievance Procedure provides the student due process in the resolution of
nonacademic and nonconduct appeals. Where a specific College process is provided
for resolution of a complaint, it must be used.
The decision shall be final if the student fails to employ the steps and
time periods of the Student Grievance Procedure as stated in the LCC Student
Handbook.
A student has the right to
inspect and review any and all official records, files, and data directly
related to that student. Students will
be granted access to their personal College records within a period of 45 days
after the request has been made. No
records pertaining to the student shall be removed from the office where the
records are maintained.
Students shall have an
opportunity for a hearing to challenge the content of the student’s College
records to ensure that the records are not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise
in violation of the privacy act or other rights of the student and to provide
an opportunity for the correction or deletion of any inaccurate data contained
therein.
No personal College records
of a student will be released to any person or agency outside the institution
without the written consent of the student unless a subpoena is issued.
College or personally
identifiable data specifically authorized by federal law shall not include information
that would permit personal identification of students. Authorized persons, agencies, or
organizations desiring access to the records of a student will sign a written
form that shall be kept permanently with the file of the student, but only for inspection
by the student.
LCC provides reasonable
accommodations for students with disabilities.
Students who need special accommodations because of physical or learning
disabilities should contact the Accommodations Specialist, extension 1227, or
the Admissions Office, extension 1264, at least 30 days before the first class
meeting. Please note that some
accommodations may require more advance notice.
When snow, ice, or other
bad weather threatens the normal class schedule, students should check the
following radio and/or television stations and websites regarding changes in
the schedule due to bad weather:
Radio stations: Television
stations:
KLKC, 93.5, Parsons; KOAM,
KKOW, 96.9,
KSYN, 92.5, Joplin; and KODE
KIND, 102.9,
Websites:
If the radio, television,
or website does not state that LCC classes have been canceled, students should
assume that classes are being held on the normal schedule.
In the event of
cancellations, students should hear one of the following announcements:
Ø
Day classes are
canceled. Evening and extension classes
beginning at 5:30 or later will meet on the normal schedule.
Ø
Classes are
canceled for day, evening, and extension.
Ø
Evening and
extension classes are canceled.
Announcements regarding day
classes will be made after 6:15 a.m, or as soon as
possible thereafter, and evening and evening extension classes after 3:15 p.m.,
or as soon as possible thereafter.
Extension classes will
not be held if the facility in which they are meeting is closed that day.