Faculty Rights & Responsibilities
Faculty Rights
- Maintain academic standards for courses/programs
- Determine course content and how it will be taught
- Contact SAS to confirm a student’s request for accommodation and ask for clarification about a specific accommodation as needed
- Deny a request for accommodation if a student has not been approved by SAS for the accommodation
- Award grades appropriate to the level of the student’s demonstration of meeting the learning objectives of the course and/or mastery of the material.
- Fail a student who does not perform to passing standards
Faculty Responsibilities
- Understand the laws and University’s guidelines regarding students with disabilities
- Refer students to SAS when necessary
- Participate in an interactive process of accommodation with the student and SAS when needed
- Provide requested accommodations and academic adjustments to students who have verified disabilities in a timely manner
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records concerning students with disabilities
- Provide handouts, videos and other course materials in accessible formats upon request and in a timely manner
- Evaluate students based on their abilities rather than the manifestations of their disabilities