SEHD Wiki

A source for policies, procedures, handbooks and other resources from the School of Education and Human Development

User Tools

Site Tools

You are here: Welcome to the SEHD Wiki! » Handbooks » Student Policies & Procedures
handbooks:student_policies_and_procedures_handbook

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
Next revisionBoth sides next revision
handbooks:student_policies_and_procedures_handbook [2020/06/16 15:31] – [Academic Services Staff Contact Information] Sandy Mondragonhandbooks:student_policies_and_procedures_handbook [2020/06/16 16:12] – [Doctoral Students – EDD, PSYD and PHD] Sandy Mondragon
Line 14: Line 14:
 ===== Doctoral Students – EDD, PSYD and PHD ===== ===== Doctoral Students – EDD, PSYD and PHD =====
  
-In addition to this handbook and the Program Handbook, doctoral students should refer to the Graduate School’s policies and procedures as outlined in the Graduate Student Handbook. The Graduate School’s website also has resources that will be helpful to doctoral students as you complete your dissertation or capstone: [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/Graduate-School/Pages/default.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/Graduate-School/Pages/default.aspx]].+In addition to the Program Handbook, doctoral students should refer to the Graduate School’s policies and procedures as outlined in the Graduate Student Handbook. The Graduate School’s website also has resources that will be helpful to doctoral students as you complete your dissertation or capstone: [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/Graduate-School/Pages/default.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/Graduate-School/Pages/default.aspx]]. 
  
 ===== Undergraduate students ===== ===== Undergraduate students =====
Line 255: Line 256:
 Violations of the student honor code that are unrelated to academic dishonesty should also be considered serious and reported to the School of Education & Human Development Associate Dean for Academics. The appropriate offices including campus police, CU Denver Office of Community Standards and Wellness and other appropriate offices may be contacted to report the violation. Consequences and outcomes will be determined by the appropriate parties given the severity of the offense. Violations of the student honor code that are unrelated to academic dishonesty should also be considered serious and reported to the School of Education & Human Development Associate Dean for Academics. The appropriate offices including campus police, CU Denver Office of Community Standards and Wellness and other appropriate offices may be contacted to report the violation. Consequences and outcomes will be determined by the appropriate parties given the severity of the offense.
  
-====== Programs of Study ======+====== Student Behavior and Conduct ====== 
 + 
 +===== CU Denver Student Code of Conduct ===== 
 + 
 +As members of the CU Denver community, students are expected to uphold University standards, which include abiding by state, civil and criminal laws and all University policies and standards of conduct. These standards assist in promoting a safe and welcoming community. 
 + 
 +The University strives to make the campus community a place of study, work and residence where people are treated, and treat one another, with respect and courtesy. The University views the student conduct process as a learning experience that can result in growth and personal understanding of one’s responsibilities and privileges within both the University community and the greater community. Students who violate these standards will be subject to the actions described below. These procedures are designed to provide fairness to all who are involved in the conduct process. 
 + 
 +==== Philosophy of Student Conduct ==== 
 + 
 +The Office of [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/standards/Pages/default.aspx|Student Conduct and Community Standards]] views the conduct process as a learning experience that helps students to understand their responsibility both to themselves and their living and learning community. We strive to learn from one another in an educational environment that holds mutual respect for individuals and community in high regard and self-responsibility for behaviors. Behavior that conflicts with established standards, policies and guidelines may be referred for conduct proceedings. Every member of the student community must assume responsibility for becoming educated about the various University and housing standards, policies, and guidelines. It is against the basic nature of this community for anyone to demean or discriminate against another human being. A caring, educational community does not tolerate physical or psychological threats, harassment, intimidation, or violence directed against a person. Such behavior is subject to the University conduct processes. 
 + 
 +==== Diversity ==== 
 + 
 +We are committed to a campus community where diversity is appreciated and valued, and where all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. We encourage curiosity, open communication, continuous learning, and community service as ways to create a socially just environment. We support the right to respectful disagreement with ideas and philosophies different from their own. However, we do not permit any form of behavior that places anyone in dangerous, discriminatory, or harassing environments. As a community, we expect all community members to work towards these same goals. 
 + 
 +The full CU Denver Student Code of Conduct can be found at: [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/standards/Documents/CUDenver-CodeofConduct.pdf|http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/standards/Documents/CUDenver-CodeofConduct.pdf]]. 
 + 
 +Students should also refer to individual program handbooks for additional, specific, information regarding expectations related to professional behaviors and/or ethical standards. 
 + 
 +===== SEHD Student Honor Code ===== 
 + 
 +The School of Education & Human Development is committed to the Honor Code of the University of Colorado Denver. A university's reputation is built on a standing tradition of excellence and scholastic integrity. As members of the CU Denver academic community, faculty and students accept the responsibility to maintain the highest standards of intellectual honesty and ethical conduct in completing all forms of academic work and internships associated with the University. 
 + 
 +Education at CU Denver is conducted under the honor system. All students entering an academic program should have developed the qualities of honesty and integrity, and each student should apply these principles to his or her academic and subsequent professional career. All students are expected to achieve a level of maturity which is reflected by appropriate conduct at all times. The type of conduct which violates the School of Education & Human Developments Student Honor Code may include but is not limited to the following: 
 + 
 +1. Plagiarism 
 + 
 +2. Cheating 
 + 
 +3. Fabrication, falsification and deception 
 + 
 +4. Multiple submissions 
 + 
 +5. Misuse of academic materials 
 + 
 +6. Complicity 
 + 
 +7. Intoxication 
 + 
 +8. Unprofessionalism 
 + 
 +9. Disruptive or disorderly conduct or any violation of the Student Code of Conduct 
 + 
 +**Academic Dishonesty** 
 + 
 +Students are expected to know, understand, and comply with the ethical standards of the University. In addition, students have an obligation to inform the appropriate official of any acts of academic dishonesty by other students of the University. Academic dishonesty is defined as a student's use of unauthorized assistance with intent to deceive an instructor or other such person who may be assigned to evaluate the student’s work in meeting course and degree requirements. 
 + 
 +**Plagiarism** 
 + 
 +Plagiarism is the use of another person’s distinctive ideas or words without acknowledgment. The incorporation of another person’s work into one’s own required appropriate identification and acknowledgment, regardless of the means of appropriation. The following are considered to be forms of plagiarism when the source is not noted: 
 + 
 +1. Word-for-word copying of another person's ideas or words. 
 + 
 +2. The mosaic (the interspersing of one’s own words here and there while, in\\\\ 
 +essence, copying another's work). 
 + 
 +3. The paraphrase (the rewriting of another’s work, yet still using their fundamental\\\\ 
 +idea or theory). 
 + 
 +4. Fabrication of references (inventing or counterfeiting sources). 
 + 
 +5. Submission of another’s work as one's own. 
 + 
 +6. Neglecting quotation marks on material that is otherwise acknowledged. 
 + 
 +Acknowledgment is not necessary when the material used is common knowledge. 
 + 
 +**Cheating** 
 + 
 +Cheating involves the possession, communication, or use of information, materials, notes, study aids or other devices not authorized by the instructor in an academic exercise, or communication with another person during such an exercise. Some examples of cheating include: 
 + 
 +1. Copying from another's paper or receiving unauthorized assistance from another during an academic exercise or in the submission of academic material; 
 + 
 +2. Using any electronic, or digital, or technological or other device when its use has been disallowed; 
 + 
 +3. Collaborating with another student or students during an academic exercise without the consent of the instructor. 
 + 
 +**Fabrication, Falsification and Deception** 
 + 
 +Fabrication involves inventing or counterfeiting information, e.g., creating results not obtained in a study or research. Falsification, on the other hand, involves deliberately altering or changing results to suit one’s needs in an experiment or other academic exercise. Deception is providing false information or knowingly withholding information. 
 + 
 +**Multiple Submissions** 
 + 
 +This is the submission of academic work for which academic credit has already been earned, when such submission is made without instructor authorization. 
 + 
 +**Misuse of Academic Materials** 
 + 
 +The misuse of academic materials includes, but is not limited to, the following: 
 + 
 +1. Stealing or destroying library or reference materials or computer programs; 
 + 
 +2. Stealing or destroying another student’s notes or materials, or having such materials in one’s possession without the owner’s permission; 
 + 
 +3. Receiving assistance in locating or using sources of information in an assignment when such assistance has been forbidden by the instructor; 
 + 
 +4. Illegitimate possession, disposition, or use of examinations or answer keys to examinations. 
 + 
 +5. Unauthorized alteration, forgery, or falsification; 
 + 
 +6. Unauthorized sale or purchase of examinations, papers, or assignments. 
 + 
 +**Complicity in Academic Dishonesty** 
 + 
 +Complicity involves knowingly contributing to another’s acts of academic dishonesty. 
 + 
 +**Intoxication** 
 + 
 +This is defined as being under the influence of drugs or alcohol in any University setting, classroom setting, practicum/internship, professional development school/site, computer lab or shared student space that compromises the student’s ability to learn and participate in educational activities, interferes with the learning process of other students and/or customers and clients of the School of Education & Human Development. Students who have difficulties with alcohol and/or other substances may seek assistance from services available on campus such as the CU Denver Student/Community Counseling Center. 
 + 
 +**Unprofessional Behavior** 
 + 
 +Any conduct including electronic communications, both on and off campus, that interfere with the student’s ability to maintain professional standards as defined in program handbooks, professional codes of ethics, University policies or procedures or reflects poorly on the student, School of Education & Human Development or University is prohibited. 
 + 
 +**Disruptive or Disorderly Conduct** 
 + 
 +Disruptive or disorderly conduct in any University setting or partner setting, such as the disregard of rights of faculty, staff, administration and peers, threatening behaviors in any medium of communication and sexual harassment are examples of disruptive and disorderly conduct and a violation of the University Code of Student Conduct is prohibited. The Code of Student Conduct can be found by visiting the Office of Community Standards and Wellness website at [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/standards|www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/standards]]. 
 + 
 +All proceedings concerned with academic dishonesty are confidential to the extent permitted by law. A student accused of academic dishonesty has the right to: 
 + 
 +* admit to the charges and accept the penalty imposed by the instructor. If the student admits to the charges, the faculty member will invoke an appropriate penalty, which could include the issuance of a failing grade in the course. If the faculty member believes further action is warranted, then the faculty member may request a hearing of the Academic Ethics Committee, which will determine if further action is necessary;\\ 
 +* dispute the charges or the penalty by following the Student Academic Appeal process. 
 + 
 +**Procedures for faculty encountering academic dishonesty** 
 + 
 +In order to facilitate the accusation process, it is suggested that faculty members include in their syllabi a statement concerning their policy on matters of academic dishonesty. 
 + 
 +A. A faculty member who suspects that a student may be guilty of academic dishonesty should react quickly. S/he should gather as much evidence as possible as rapidly as possible: e.g. gathering names of and impressions from potential witnesses, listing potential references that may have been plagiarized, or retaining any hard copies of evidence, such as "cheat sheets" or tests that might have been copied and/or copied from. S/he should commit as many details of the incident to writing as quickly as possible as details regarding an incident can be quickly forgotten. 
 + 
 +B. When a faculty member has evidence suggesting that a student is guilty of academic dishonesty, the student should be confronted with the evidence at a meeting, preferably held in the faculty member's office within five (5) working days of the discovery of the alleged incident. 
 + 
 +C. After the meeting described above, the faculty member should determine the appropriate penalty for the act of dishonesty. This penalty, as determined by the faculty member, may be a failing or zero grade for the assignment in question or a failing grade in the course. The penalty should be consistent with any information published in the faculty member's syllabus. If the faculty member feels that issuance of a failing grade is an insufficient penalty, then the faculty member may request a formal meeting the Associate Dean over SEHD academic program. 
 + 
 +D. After determining the appropriate penalty, the faculty member should present the student with a written letter describing the alleged violation. Copies of this letter should be given to the student’s faculty advisor, the Associate Dean of academic programs and a copy should be place in the student’s file housed within the Student Services Center. 
 + 
 +This letter must include: 
 + 
 +* a detailed description of the incident that resulted in the allegation of academic dishonesty;\\ 
 +* a statement of the penalty that will be imposed on the student;\\ 
 +* a copy of the academic appeal process 
 + 
 +**Procedures for faculty that encounter violations of policies other than academic dishonesty** 
 + 
 +Violations of the student honor code that are unrelated to academic dishonesty should also be considered serious and reported to the School of Education & Human Development Associate Dean for Academics. The appropriate offices including campus police, CU Denver Office of Community Standards and Wellness and other appropriate offices may be contacted to report the violation. Consequences and outcomes will be determined by the appropriate parties given the severity of the offense. 
 + 
 +an be found at: [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/Scholarships/Pages/default.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/Scholarships/Pages/default.aspx]]. Information on SEHD financial aid can be found at: [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/Aid/Pages/ScholarshipsFinancialAid.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/Aid/Pages/ScholarshipsFinancialAid.aspx]]. 
 + 
 +====== General Information ====== 
 + 
 +===== Confidentiality of Students’ Records - ferpa ===== 
 + 
 +The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their educational records: 
 + 
 +- The right to inspect and review the student’s educational records within 45 days of the day that the university receives a request for access. Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the academic department or other appropriate official written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The university official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the university official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.\\ 
 +- The right to request the amendment of the student’s educational records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the university to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the university official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the university decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the university will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.\\ 
 +- The right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception that permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the university in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the university has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor or collection agent); a person serving on the board of trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an educational record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. Upon request, the university discloses educational records without consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.\\ 
 +- The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the University of Colorado to comply with the requirements of FERPA. 
 + 
 +Family Policy Compliance Office 
 + 
 +U.S. Department of Education 
 + 
 +400 Maryland Avenue, SW 
 + 
 +Washington, DC 20202-4605 
 + 
 +The following items are designated “Directory Information” and may be released at the discretion of the University of Colorado Denver unless a student files a request to prevent their disclosure: 
 + 
 +* name\\ 
 +* address\\ 
 +* e-mail address\\ 
 +* telephone number\\ 
 +* dates of attendance\\ 
 +* registration status\\ 
 +* class\\ 
 +* major\\ 
 +* awards\\ 
 +* honors\\ 
 +* degrees conferred\\ 
 +* photos\\ 
 +* past and present participation in officially recognized sports and non-curricular activities\\ 
 +* physical factors (height, weight) of athletes 
 + 
 +\\\\ 
 +Forms to prevent the disclosure of directory information can be obtained at the Registrar’s Office in the Student Commons Building, Room 5005, or via the Registrar’s website at [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/registrar/Pages/default.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/registrar/Pages/default.aspx]]. Questions regarding student rights under FERPA should be directed to the Registrar’s Office, 303-315-2600. 
 + 
 +===== Email ===== 
 + 
 +**University E-mail is an official means of communication for students at CU Denver. All official university e-mail will be sent to each student’s assigned a CU Denver\\\\ 
 +e-mail address.** 
 + 
 +CU Denver will //only// use CU Denver student e-mail accounts if it elects to send e-mail communications to students. CU Denver e-mail accounts are available through IT Services. Students are responsible for reading e-mails received from CU Denver. Information on your UCD email account can be found at [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/ITS/Pages/AccountTransition.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/ITS/Pages/AccountTransition.aspx]]. 
 + 
 +==== Forwarding your UCD Email ==== 
 + 
 +Students are discouraged from forwarding their CU Denver email to an external account (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.). Students are **//strongly//**  encouraged to regularly check their CU Denver email to ensure you are receiving all messages sent from the university. 
 +===== UCD Access ===== 
 + 
 +UCDAccess is the student portal you will use to register for classes, check your grades, view financial aid, pay your tuition, etc. You will login using your official University username and password. You can login at the UCDAccess website located at [[https://portal.prod.cu.edu/UCDAccessFedAuthLogin.html|https://portal.prod.cu.edu/UCDAccessFedAuthLogin.html]]. You will also find instructions at this website and additional resources. 
 + 
 +===== Technology Resources ===== 
 + 
 +==== Help Desk ==== 
 + 
 +The CU Denver IT Services Help Desk is your main point of contact for any of your technology questions. The primary mission of the CU Denver IT Services Help Desk is to provide technology assistance to CU Denver Faculty and Staff. Help Desk Technicians offer phone, email and remote support for many campus technology issues. They also handle the scheduling of IT Services technicians for faculty and staff computer issues that require on-site support. 
 + 
 +Their website and contact information – including after-hours support – is available at [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/ITS/OITHELPdesk/Pages/HelpDesk.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/ITS/OITHELPdesk/Pages/HelpDesk.aspx]]**.** 
 +==== SEHD Student Learning Commons ==== 
 + 
 +Located on the 7<sup>th</sup>  floor of the Lawrence Street Center (LSC) the Student Learning Commons is available for all SEHD students. There are fourteen 21″ iMac’s and open configurable furniture to encourage small group and collaborative work and reservable small meeting rooms for group study or projects. Visit [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/Technology/Spaces/Pages/default.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/Technology/Spaces/Pages/default.aspx]] for lab and classroom schedules. 
 + 
 +==== Auraria Library Computer Access ==== 
 + 
 +* In order to access computers on site at the Auraria Library, all users must have a valid Auraria Campus ID (includes student or faculty/staff ID’s from any of the three schools) or a valid State of Colorado Driver License or State of Colorado Identification Card.\\ 
 +* Students, faculty and staff affiliated with the Auraria Campus have unlimited access to all PC’s in the public areas of the first and second floors.\\ 
 +* Library hours are available at [[http://library.auraria.edu/hours|http://library.auraria.edu/hours]]. 
 + 
 +==== Educational Support Services (ESS) Student Labs ==== 
 + 
 +Visit the ESS website for additional information on student computer labs on the Denver Campus. [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/EducationalSupportServices/Pages/ESS.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/EducationalSupportServices/Pages/ESS.aspx]] 
 + 
 +==== Printing ==== 
 + 
 +Printing kiosks are located on the 7<sup>th</sup>  floor. Remember to LOG OFF when you are done. 
 +==== LiveText ==== 
 + 
 +The SEHD uses LiveText, a web-based learning and creative environment designed to assist students, faculty, and staff in the process of assessment and accreditation. Students will be notified by email sent to their student email accounts about how to activate their individual LiveText license. Please visit the SEHD assessment website at [[http://sehd.ucdenver.edu/assessment/about/|http://sehd.ucdenver.edu/assessment/about/]] to find answers to your questions and access training materials. 
 + 
 +==== Canvas ==== 
 + 
 +Canvas is the online learning management system used by CU Denver, which allows you to access course material, interact with other students, submit assignments online, take quizzes, and engage in online classes. You can login to Canvas at [[https://ucdenver.instructure.com/|https://ucdenver.instructure.com/]] using your University username and password. Visit the Canvas website for information at [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/CUOnline/OnlineCourses/Pages/CourseLogin.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/CUOnline/OnlineCourses/Pages/CourseLogin.aspx]]. Visit [[https://ucdenver.instructure.com/courses/10636|https://ucdenver.instructure.com/courses/10636]] to see a sample online course shell. 
 + 
 +===== Assessment Library ===== 
 + 
 +The Assessment Library houses assessment kits and software used for psychological and behavioral testing and evaluation purposes. Information on the Assessment Library, including calendar of hours and list of assessments can be found at [[http://sites.google.com/site/ucdassessmentlibrary|http://sites.google.com/site/ucdassessmentlibrary]]. For questions, send an email to <assessmentlibrary@yahoo.com>. 
 + 
 +===== Campus Resources ===== 
 + 
 +A full listing of Student Services is available at [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/Pages/index.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/Pages/index.aspx]]. 
 + 
 +===== Discrimination and Harassment Policies ===== 
 + 
 +The University of Colorado Denver is committed to enhancing the inclusiveness of its work force and its student body. Inclusiveness among students, faculty, staff and administrators is essential to educational excellence and to accomplishing CU Denver’s urban mission. Inclusiveness among faculty, staff and administrators provides role models and mentors for students, who will become leaders in academe and in the larger society, and ensures that a broad array of experiences and world views informs and shapes teaching, research, service and decision making at CU Denver. 
 + 
 +Pursuant to Article 10, Laws of the University of Colorado Board of Regents, the university does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, its educational programs and activities. The university takes action to increase ethnic, cultural and gender diversity, to employ qualified disabled individuals and to provide equal opportunity to all students and employees. 
 + 
 +All students shall have the same fundamental rights to equal respect, due process and judgment of them based solely on factors demonstrably related to performance and expectations as students. All students share equally the obligations to perform their duties and exercise judgments of others in accordance with the basic standards of fairness, equity and inquiry that should always guide education. 
 + 
 +CU Denver procedures for investigating complaints of discrimination may be found online at [[http://ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies Library/HR/Nondiscrimination.pdf|http://ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies Library/HR/Nondiscrimination.pdf]]. 
 + 
 +To report a violation of Article 10 or for additional information, contact the CU Denver Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Compliance Officer at 303-315-2724; mailing address: EO/AA Compliance Office, CU Denver, P.O. Box 173364, Campus Box 130, Denver, CO 80217-3364. 
 + 
 +If you are a student at CU Denver and need assistance with access to or participation in the academic curriculum, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at: 303-556-3450; TTY 303-556-4766; mailing address P.O. Box 173364, Campus Box 118, Denver, CO 80217-3364. [[http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/disability-resources-services/about-office/Pages/about-the-office.aspx|http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/disability-resources-services/about-office/Pages/about-the-office.aspx]] 
 + 
 +===== Nondiscrimination Policy ===== 
 + 
 +The University of Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation, or political philosophy in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, its educational programs and activities. The university takes action to increase ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity, to employ qualified disabled individuals, and to provide equal opportunity to all students and employees. 
 + 
 +Qualification for the position and institutional need shall be the sole bases for hiring employees, and the criteria for retaining employees shall be related to performance evaluation, assessment of institutional need, fiscal constraints, and/or, in the case of exempt professionals, the rational exercise of administrative prerogative. 
 + 
 +All students shall have the same fundamental rights to equal respect, due process, and judgment of them based solely on factors demonstrably related to performance and expectations as students. All students share equally the obligations to perform their duties and exercise judgments of others in accordance with the basic standards of fairness, equity, and inquiry that should always guide education. 
 + 
 +History: Amended November 8, 2001; September 17, 2013; August 2014 
 + 
 +==== Reporting Disability Discrimination ==== 
 + 
 +Article 10 of the laws of the University Of Colorado Board Of Regents prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability (or on the basis of membership in other protected classes) in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, University of Colorado educational programs and activities. To report discrimination or to obtain additional information, contact the CU Denver ADA coordinator, 303-315-2724; mailing address: P.O. Box 173364, Campus Box 130, Denver, CO 80217-3364. Complaints of discrimination based upon disability will be processed according to the provisions of the CU Denver nondiscrimination procedures, which may be found online at: [[http://ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies Library/HR/Nondiscrimination.pdf|http://ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies Library/HR/Nondiscrimination.pdf]]. 
 + 
 +===== Sexual Harassment ===== 
 + 
 +The University of Colorado is committed to maintaining a positive learning, working and living environment. In pursuit of these goals, the university will not tolerate acts of sexual harassment or related retaliation against or by any employee or student. 
 + 
 +Sexual harassment: consists of interaction between individuals of the same or opposite sex that is characterized by unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, living conditions and/or educational evaluation; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for tangible employment or educational decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working or educational environment. 
 + 
 +Hostile environment sexual harassment: (described in subpart (3) above) is unwelcome sexual conduct that is sufficiently severe or pervasive that it alters the conditions of education or employment and creates an environment that a reasonable person would find intimidating, hostile or offensive. The determination of whether an environment is “hostile” must be based on all of the circumstances. These circumstances could include the frequency of the conduct, its severity and whether it is threatening or humiliating. 
 + 
 +Retaliatory acts: It is a violation of this policy to engage in retaliatory acts against any employee or student who reports an incident of alleged sexual harassment or any employee or student who testifies, assists or participates in a proceeding, investigation or hearing relating to such allegation of sexual harassment. 
 + 
 +The University of Colorado System Administrative Policy Statement (APS) on sexual harassment policy and procedures may be obtained from the CU Denver sexual harassment officer (see “Reporting Sexual Harassment”) or found online at: [[http://ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies Library/HR/SexualHarassment.pdf|http://ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies Library/HR/SexualHarassment.pdf]]. 
 + 
 +==== Reporting Sexual Harassment ==== 
 + 
 +If you need to report sexual harassment or if you have any questions regarding sexual harassment or policy above, contact the CU Denver sexual harassment officer at 303-315-2724; send correspondence to Human Resources, P.O. Box 173364, Campus Box 130, Denver, CO 80217-3364. 
  
 ===== Orientation ===== ===== Orientation =====
handbooks/student_policies_and_procedures_handbook.txt · Last modified: 2023/08/09 18:03 by Paul Zastrocky