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Students have the right to attend and participate in all classes for which they are officially enrolled. They may be denied only for the purpose of maintaining suitable circumstances for teaching and learning. Any student who has neglected the work of the course or is disruptive to the educational process may be excluded from a course.
Attendance
At Humboldt, regular and punctual class attendance is expected. Each instructor establishes regulations regarding attendance requirements. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements regarding class work in those cases where the student’s absence is because of participation in intercollegiate athletics, forensics, drama festivals, music tours, and the like.
Disruptive Behavior
Disruptive student behavior in the classroom is defined as behavior that materially or substantially interrupts, obstructs, or inhibits the teaching and learning processes.
Faculty have the responsibility to maintain a learning environment in which students are free to question and criticize constructively and appropriately. Faculty also have the authority and responsibility to establish rules, to maintain order, and to eject students from the course temporarily for violation of the rules or misconduct.
Process for addressing behavior: The faculty member shall give at least one verbal warning to a student to cease in-class disruptive behavior. In addition, if the in-class disruption does not cease, an attempt shall be made to resolve the problem in a conference between the faculty member and the student. If disruption occurs after these two measures are taken, the instructor may file a complaint with the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities to initiate university disciplinary action which may result in the student’s permanent exclusion from the course and other disciplinary sanctions. Public safety may be requested to escort the student from the class, and where appropriate, an interim suspension may be imposed.
Individuals in attendance in a course in which they are not officially enrolled shall be excluded from the course by the instructor.
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