2.63 – Repeating Courses A. Purpose Establish criteria and procedures for allowing students to repeat courses in an effort to improve overall academic grade point average. B. Policy Students may repeat a course for which a grade has been earned. Allied Health and selective admission programs may have courses that are excluded from this policy.…
2.64 – Administrative Withdrawal from a Course A. Purpose Establish a procedure by which students can be withdrawn or dropped from a course due to lack of attendance. B. Policy Students will be administratively withdrawn from a course due to lack of attendance in seated classes or non-participation in online classes. C. Procedures Instructors and…
2.61 – Attendance Requirements A. Purpose Establish the college’s expectation of student attendance. B. Policy All students are expected to be present for their scheduled classes and labs. Regular attendance and participation are required. C. Procedures Regular attendance is considered essential for student success and is expected during all courses for which the student is…
3.11 – Employee Background Checks A. Purpose To provide guidance and standards for the employment background check process, ensuring the safety and well-being of the college community. B. Policy As a condition of employment, new and former employees are required to successfully complete a background check. The college also reserves the right to conduct background…
3.12 – Employment Agreements and Voluntary Separation A. Purpose To establish standards related to employment agreements, assignment letters, resignations, and retirements. B. Policy The college will coordinate and maintain documentation of employment agreements, adjunct assignment letters, resignations, and retirements. Employees are expected to follow voluntary separation notification guidelines based on a professional courtesy. C. …
3.10 – Hiring Employees A. Purpose To establish standards for the hiring process. B. Policy The college will maintain formal, fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory procedures in its hiring practices. Upon recommendation of the Chancellor, the Board of Trustees is responsible for approving the hiring of full-time employees. C. Procedures Full-time Staff and Faculty Employees When…
6.42 – Naming Facilities PurposeTo establish the authority and regulations for naming and renaming College facilities and grounds. Policy The Board of Trustees shall, at their discretion, designate names for College facilities and grounds. If a named facility or grounds area is significantly altered, relocated or demolished, the individual or organization shall be recognized…
5.24 – Academic Integrity A. Purpose To define standards of academic integrity, to establish the authority to address infractions of academic integrity, and to establish due process for students to respond to possible sanctions imposed due to policy violations. B. Policy The college shall promote and enforce a culture of academic integrity. Students are expected…
5.20 – Suicide Prevention and Awareness A. Purpose To establish protocol for communicating the availability of suicide prevention and awareness resources to the college community. B. Policy The college will maintain suicide prevention and awareness resources and will communicate the availability of these resources to the college community as required by RSMo173.1200. C. Procedures OTC…
5.17 – Grievance Procedures for Students A. Purpose To describe the process for handling student concerns or grievances when there is no other college policy or procedure that governs the situation. B. Policy The college will provide procedures to resolve student concerns and grievances that do not clearly fall under any other published college policy…
