Attendance
Upon registration, students accept responsibility for attending all class sessions and completing course work. Attendance at all sessions of a class is expected. It is especially important to attend the first meeting of a class. Failure to attend the first session could result in your place being assigned to another student. It is your responsibility to ascertain the policies of instructors with regard to absence from class, and to make arrangements satisfactory to instructors with regard to incomplete course work. Although absence from a class does not constitute dropping a class or withdrawing from the University, faculty have the authority to request removal of students who fail to meet attendance requirements, as published in their syllabus. This results in a grade of WR (Withdrawal by Registrar) being recorded. Faculty who choose not to drop for failure to attend class will assign an appropriate grade at the end of the term. Under no circumstances will non-attendance in any course or courses be considered a valid reason to permit dropping the course from a student’s schedule after the second week. Dropping a class that you do not plan to take or complete is your responsibility. You must submit your request to drop classes within the established deadlines to avoid punitive grades.
Final Exam Conflict
Students who have more than two final examinations scheduled on the same day, or who have two examinations scheduled for the same time, may contact the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management for the purpose of rescheduling. The Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management will work with the instructors of record involved in those courses, and, if necessary, the appropriate Chair and Dean, to reschedule so that the student will have no more than two exams on any one day. A signed written request for change must be made at least two weeks prior to the first day of the final examination period. The request must include the student’s name, student identification number, a list of scheduled courses and the preferred exam to reschedule.
Inclement Weather Policy
The SIUE Operating Policy in the Event of Inclement Weather and Other Special Conditions states that “The general policy of the University is to remain open for programs and operations as scheduled.” Although employee and student safety will be a primary consideration, every reasonable effort will be made to avoid closures. The Vice Chancellor for Administration has been delegated authority to decide if the University will be closed or remain open. (Decisions regarding the operation of the St. Clair County Head Start Centers will by made by the Director of the East St. Louis Center.)
If we need to close or delay opening the University, announcements will be made on WSIE (FM 88.7), KMOX (AM 1120), WBGZ (AM 1570) WSMI (AM 1540; FM 106.1), WGEL (FM 101.7). Additionally, three television stations will provide information relevant to University operations and programs: KTVI-Channel 2; KMOV-Channel 4, and KSDK-Channel 5. Notices will be posted on the University website at http://www.siue.edu; email will be sent to the faculty, staff and student listservs; and voice mail will be sent to faculty and staff. Also the University switchboard, 650-2000, may be called. Every attempt will be made to make a decision by 5:00 a.m., so that the information will be available.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATES
Religious Observance Act
The University Religious Observances Act (110ILCS 110) prohibits public institutions of higher education from discriminating against students for observing religious holidays. If a student believes that he or she has been unreasonably denied an educational benefit due to his or her religious belief or practices, he or she may seek redress. If the matter is not resolved with the professor of the class, he or she may seek redress from the Dean of the School, the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Chancellor. Personnel matters will be referred through the channels of the unit in which the student is employed.
Under the Act, “religious observance” or religious practice” includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief.
Sexual Harassment Policy
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville does not tolerate sexual harassment of students by faculty, staff members, or other students. Students should file complaints of sexual harassment with the Office of Assistant Provost for Cultural and Social Diversity, Room 3110, Rendleman Hall. Students may also obtain a copy of the complete Sexual Harassment Policy from the Office of Assistant Provost for Cultural and Social Diversity.
Statement of Fair Practice
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville maintains reasonable and fair practices in all matters affecting students: the delivery of educational programs, provision of adequate support services, and due process with regard to disciplinary matters and the handling of grievances. In addition, the University endorses the basic principles of the codes of ethics issued by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions and Officers, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Information regarding fair practices may be obtained from the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the Assistant to the Chancellor for Equal Opportunity Programs.
Statement on Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and administers all of its academic programs in conformity with state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex, race, national origin, age, handicap and other proscribed categories, including Title VI (1964 Civil Rights Act) and Title IX (Higher Education Act), Title IV (General Education Provisions Act), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Illinois Student School Records Act. Inquires regarding affirmative action in admissions, administration, and employment should be directed to the Human Relations Office. Inquiries regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or the Illinos Student School Records Act should be directed to the Office of the General Counsel.
Statement on Right to Privacy and Nondisclosure
Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), all students have the right to inspect and review their official University records in accordance with provisions of the aforementioned act and within the University guidelines. Inquiries regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 should be directed to the Office of the Registrar.
In addition, the University, through the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, the Registrar and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, may make accessible to any person directory information concerning students.
Directory Information includes :
In cases where students have filed timely written notice that they object to the release of any or all items of directory information, the specified items will not be released to any person except University personnel, who, because of their educational function or research, have a legitimate need. Legal obligations to government agencies may also compel the release of directory information. The notification must be in the form of a letter to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Registrar requesting that directory information be withheld from persons external to the University. Such objection must be filed as directed by the notice published in the Alestle at the beginning of the academic term in which it is to be effective and, once effective, will remain in effect until the student files a written cancellation with the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management or Registrar.
Further, in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, applicants and students are advised that the requested disclosure of their social security number is voluntary. The social security number generally is used as the student identification number to avoid the assignment of a similar but University-originated number. Students retain the social security number or the University originated number for the duration of their affiliation with the University. Social security numbers of University-originated numbers will be used to identify the permanent records of students, such as registration, program changes, transcript requests, and certification requests. Students applying for Pell Grants or Guaranteed Student Loans are required to provide their social security numbers to the appropriate federal agencies; students applying for other Title IV federal student aid programs are requested to submit their social security numbers. Social security numbers may be used to determine eligibility for financial assistance, student status, and school attendance.
Telephone Directory
NOTE: SIUE annually publishes a student/faculty/staff telephone directory during Fall Semester, in addition to a web directory. Your Directory Information, as defined above, will appear in that publication unless a formal Directory Hold is filed with the Office of the Registrar by the end of the first week of Fall semester. Students who have not filed an objection to the release of directory information by the end of the first week of Fall or Spring Semester will be included in the web directory as well. The ojection will remain in effect until the student files a cancellation form with the Office of the Registrar.
Student Conduct and Student Grievances : Rights and Responsibilities
Students enrolling in the University assume responsibility for conduct compatible with the learning environment of the University. Students are expected to be familiar with Student Conduct and Student Grievances: Rights and Responsibility. This policy describes the University’s expectations for student conduct, sanctions imposed for violations of the standards, and procedures which students may follow in filing grievances.
The University gives high priority to matters of academic ethics and abhors all types of cheating, including plagiarism. Plagiarism is the act of representing the work of another as one’s own and may consist of copying, paraphrasing, or otherwise using written or oral work of another without proper acknowledgment of the source or presenting oral or written material prepared by another as one’s own.
Instructors may impose sanctions for academic cheating in accordance with Student Conduct and Student Grievances: Rights and Responsibilities. In the case of plagiarism, the minimum sanction of the first instance of plagiarism is disciplinary probation; for the second instance of plagiarism, the minimum sanction is separation from the University for one term; and for a third instance of plagiarism, the minimum sanction is permanent separation from the University.
Students who wish to understand matters relative to academic ethics and plagiarism should consult their advisers or instructors.
Copies of the policy are available in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Graduate School, the Service Center, and in the Office of the Dean, School of Dental Medicine.