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 Vice President of Student Services (VPSS) shall be primarily responsible for the administration of the student conduct system. The Student Life Coordinator (SLC) may work closely with the VPSS in resolving minor disciplinary problems resulting from the violation of regulations regarding student activities.
The Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) shall be primarily responsible for the administration of the academic conduct system, in cooperation with the Dean of Instruction. On rare occasions there may be incidents that involve both student and academic conduct, at which time the Vice President’s 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 Vice President of Academic Affairs to review the incident.
B. Following a preliminary investigation, if sufficient evidence indicates that a violation of the Code has occurred, the Vice President of Academic Affairs 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 official. Official Academic transcripts are $5.00 per copy. Students can print an unofficial transcript using their student ID in Student Services.
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 Vice President of Finance & Operations at extension 1231. Students may also contact the Vice President 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 ADA Coordinator, extension 1230, 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.