Policies and Procedures
Genesee Community College Privacy Statement
Genesee’s Commitment to Privacy
Genesee Community College (Genesee) is committed to protecting your privacy. 本网站旨在使个人和企业更容易、更有效地与Genesee互动. 我们认识到，对于个人和企业来说，在访问Genesee网站时，确保他们的隐私受到保护是至关重要的.
This statement describes Genesee’s privacy practices regarding information collected from users of this website. This statement describes what information is collected and how that information is used. This statement is consistent with the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Law, the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA), and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.
Genesee does not collect any personal information about you unless you provide that information voluntarily by filing an application, sending an email, responding to a survey, enabling your computer to reveal your username on that system, or completing an online transaction.
Definitions
The following definitions apply to, and appear in italics, in this statement:
- Personal Information – shall have the meaning set forth in subdivision 5 of section 202 of the State Technology Law.
- User – shall have the meaning set forth in subdivision 8 of section 202 of the State Technology Law.
Contact Information
For questions regarding this Internet privacy statement, please contact our privacy officer via e-mail at webmaster@tescowindows.com or by regular mail at:
Internet Privacy Compliance Office
c/o Computer Services T-212
Genesee Community College
One College Rd.
Batavia, NY 14020
Classroom Learning Expectations
Cell Phones
Cell phone use on campus is allowed but should never be disruptive to others. Please silence your cell phone whenever possible. Refer to your course syllabus with regard to your instructor’s rules on cell phone use in class.
Class Attendance & Participation
Regular attendance, as specified by the instructor, is expected of all students. 出席在线课程是通过参与课程讨论和/或作业来证明的. 长时间缺席或不参加(由于疾病或受伤)应立即报告给你的导师(和/或学生服务副校长). 注册课程但未开始上课的学生将在该学期的人口普查后被行政撤回. The student remains liable for tuition and charges incurred upon registration.
Classroom Behavior & Civility
Being a Genesee student requires appropriate adult behavior and respect for others. Instructors can set classroom rules of conduct, require adherence to standards of civility appropriate to learning, and have the right to remove anyone for disruption or obstruction of those standards, or for violation of any law or College policy. Please refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook.
Course Withdrawal
Faculty do not withdraw students for non-attendance. It is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw, in writing, from a course prior to the withdrawal deadlines.
Plagiarism & Cheating
作弊是指获取或故意提供未经授权的信息，以在考试中获得不公平的优势, assignment, or classroom situation. Plagiarism is the act of presenting and claiming words, ideas, data, programming code or creations of others as one’s own. Plagiarism may be intentional – as in a false claim of authorship – or unintentional – as in a failure to document information sources using MLA (Modern Language Association), APA(美国心理协会)或学院教师采用的其他样式表或手册. 在原始材料中使用精确或接近精确的措辞来表达观点构成抄袭, as does patching together paraphrased statements without in-text citation. The purchasing or sharing of papers or projects between students or the re-use of papers or projects submitted for more than one assignment or class also constitutes plagiarism. Disciplinary action may include a failing grade on an assignment or test, a failing grade for the course, suspension or expulsion from the college, as described in the Code of Conduct.
Smoking
All Genesee Community College buildings are designated smoke-free.
Time Expectations
For every hour in class, successful college-level work requires about two hours for out-of-class work: reading, writing, research, labs, discussion, field work, etc. In time demands, a 15-credit load would be about equivalent to working a full-time job—for Summer and Winter semesters, this is doubled due to the shortened academic term.
Repeating Courses
Students may repeat a course for which credit has been received with a grade of A- or lower. If a higher grade is earned upon repeating a course, only the higher of the two grades will be computed to determine a cumulative grade point average (GPA), although both grades will be recorded on transcripts. A student may not repeat a course for which he or she has already received an “A” grade.
任何课程不得仅仅为了增加已更改学时的课程的学分而重修. 该课程只会在毕业要求和总学时计算中被计算一次.
Full-time students who elect to repeat a course for which credit has already been received should register for 12 credit hours relevant to their degree program in addition to the repeated course in order to remain eligible for TAP awards. 全日制学生报修补习课程，须同时报修不少于六学分的非补习学分课程. However, during the first term of funding, a full-time student need only register for at least three credits of non-remedial credit courses. Students at community colleges are eligible for a total of six semesters of TAP funding.
Student Academic Appeals
Students having a complaint concerning an academic matter (for example, a course grade, graduation requirements, transfer credit) may grieve the complaint as follows. (Academic probation status appeals use a separate appeals process.)
在上诉程序开始之前，学生必须与引起投诉的教师或工作人员讨论投诉. If the complaint is not resolved at this point, 然后，学生必须与相应的学术主任或指导院长讨论投诉. When a complaint is not resolved to the student’s satisfaction, (s)he may appeal to the Academic Standards Committee of the Academic Senate for a decision on the complaint (The appeals chair will verify that these discussions have taken place or facilitate them.)
- The student must initiate contact with the Academic Standards Committee by submitting a Request to Appeal form either electronically via the Genesee Community College website or by U.S. mail addressed to: Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Success, ATTN.: Academic Standards Committee. The form can be found at http://faculty.tescowindows.com/senate/appeal.htm, or a copy may be obtained from the Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Success. A copy of the appeal form will be forwarded to the Academic Standards Committee Appeals Chair, the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the course instructor. 有15天的诉讼时效，可以就所有学生学术上诉问题与学术标准委员会联系. 该诉讼时效从争议成绩公布日期后的下一个完整学期(秋季或春季)的第一天开始. Exceptions to this statute of limitations may be made on a case by case basis. This decision will be made by the appeals chair.
- 学术标准申诉主席将与学生联系，并开始申诉程序. 上诉程序的详细信息可以在学生和招生服务副校长办公室找到.
- 学术标准委员会的决定，学生可以向主管学术事务的常务副校长提出申诉. The decision by the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs will be final.
How to File a Complaint with the New York State Dept. of Education
Section 494 C (j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, provides that a student, faculty member, 或者任何其他人认为他或她受到高等教育机构的侵害，都有权提出书面投诉.
In New York State, a complaint may be filed by any person with reason to believe that an institution has acted contrary to its published standards or that conditions at the institution appear to jeopardize the quality of the institution’s instructional programs or the general welfare of its students. Any person who believes he or she has been aggrieved by an institution on or after May 4, 1994, 是否可以在事件发生后的三年内向纽约州教育部提出书面投诉, 在首先尝试按照机构提供的内部程序直接向机构解决投诉后. 杰纳西社区学院已经制定了投诉程序，并在学生和招生服务副校长办公室存档. To receive information on these procedures, or to receive advice on filing a formal complaint, please contact the Office of the Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services.
Online Learning Complaint
Genesee Community College desires to resolve student grievances, complaints and concerns in an expeditious, fair and amicable manner. Students residing outside of the State of New York while attending GCC who desire to resolve a grievance should follow the College’s student grievance procedure in the Student Handbook.
However, if an issue cannot be resolved internally, you can contact the New York State Department of Education. The Office of College and University Evaluation handles only those complaints that concern educational programs or practices of degree-granting institutions that are subject to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, with the exceptions noted below.
- The Office does not handle anonymous complaints.
- The Office does not intervene in matters concerning an individual’s grades or examination results, as these are the prerogative of the college’s faculty.
- The Office does not handle complaints concerning actions that occurred more than five years ago.
- The Office does not intervene in matters that are or have been in litigation.
This statement is in compliance with U. S. Department of Education’s Program Integrity Regulations related to State Authorization.
