Ohio Administrative Code

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. Recognizing a responsibility for the proper and ethical conduct of research and scholarship by all its personnel and students, and further recognizing that allegations or instances of conduct inconsistent with accepted standards may occur, the university i…

11.15 PDF: (A) Preamble. The university was established by the general assembly of the state of Ohio by an enactment to be found in Chapter 3341. of the Revised Code. Pursuant to section 3341.02 of the Revised Code the government of the university is vested in a board of eleven t…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. These bylaws, including additions or amendments, outline the major policies prescriptive to the board.(B) Ohio board of regents. Except as expressly provided in Chapter 3333. of the Revised Code, establishing the Ohio board of regents, nothing in such chap…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The university recognizes that academic administrative structures should reflect and facilitate the academic mission and strategic direction of the university.(B) Policy implementation.(1) All requests for establishing or revising academic administrative s…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The university recognizes and designates several types of academic administrative structures that serve to facilitate its academic mission. Academic administrative structures exist to coalesce disciplinary expertise, to provide administrative support, to e…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The university recognizes and designates several types of academic administrative structures that serve to facilitate its academic mission. Institutes created under this policy provide an organizational identity to selected programs and participating facul…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The university recognizes and designates several types of academic administrative structures that serve to facilitate its academic mission. Centers created under this policy provide an organizational identity to selected programs and participating faculty,…

11.15 PDF: In the absence of the presdient, the succession of responsibility shall devolve first upon the provost and then upon the other vice presidents in the order of their seniority as vice presidents. Authorized By: 3341.01 Amplifies: 3341.01, 3341.04 Prior Effective Dates: …

11.15 PDF: (A) 0Preamble. The university is dedicated to teaching, advancing knowledge, and to public service. The faculty of the university supports these aims and resolves to promote excellence in all endeavors. In the interest of achieving these objectives, the charter and byl…

11.15 PDF: (A) Entitlement and functions of the faculty senate. The entitlement and functions of the faculty senate are specified in the faculty senate charter as included in rule 3342-2-05 of the Administrative Code.(B) Definitions.(1) "Tenure-track faculty member" denotes a ful…

11.15 PDF: (A) Educational policies council. For complete information on this council, see rules 3342-2-05 and 3342-2-06 of the Administrative Code and this register.(B) Responsibility and authority. The responsibilities and authority of the educational policies council shall be …

11.15 PDF: (A) Preamble.(1) The authority, which exists on the campus of Kent state university, is the authority of the state of Ohio delegated by law to the board of trustees of the university and through them to such agencies, as they deem proper. Recognizing our lack of sovere…

11.15 PDF: (A) The name of the organization shall be the "Graduate Student Senate" of Kent state university, and for the purpose of this rule will be referred to as the GSS. (B) University sanction. The GSS shall operate in compliance with all university regulations and will obse…

11.15 PDF: (A) Name of organization. Kent state university graduate college council. (B) Object and aim of organization. The graduate college council serves the university as the primary academic advisory body to the dean on those matters involving graduate college programs, poli…

11.15 PDF: (A) The Ohio Revised Code states, "The student members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governmen…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement. It is the policy of the Kent state university board of trustees to allow its members to attend a meeting of the board via means of electronic communications in accordance with section 3345.82 of the Revised Code. (B) Attendance of a trustee by mea…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose and scope. This policy governs the curricular approval process at Kent state university pursuant to section 3345.457 of the Revised Code. (B) Definitions. (1) "Academic leadership" means a dean, chair, or director of an academic administrative structure as …

11.15 PDF: (A) Academic requirements.(1) The student's academic requirements for graduation are based on the university catalog year that is assigned initially to the student's first term of enrollment in a degree or certificate program at Kent state university. The student's cat…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. A student whose academic performance indicates a limited chance of obtaining the minimum grades required for good academic standing will be subject to dismissal from the university.(B) Eligibility. Specifically, the provost may dismiss a student if any of …

11.15 PDF: Faculty members may obtain a form for the purpose of changing a student's grade from their departmental offices, or, in the case of the college of fine and professional arts, from their school. The completed and signed form is to be returned to the departmental office …

11.15 PDF: (A) Course withdrawal indicates that a student intends to stop attending any or all classes for the current term.(B) Course withdrawal is permitted through the tenth week of the fall or spring semester (prorated deadline for summer or flexibly scheduled courses).(C) Af…

11.15 PDF: (A) Students who withdraw from the university any time during a term will receive a mark of "W."(B) Final examination week is not considered part of the academic term for purposes of withdrawal. (C) Students who wish to withdraw from the university must report to the o…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. Honorary degrees have been awarded by American colleges and universities since early colonial times as a way of recognizing persons of achievement. They have customarily been awarded to prominent alumni/alumnae of the granting institution and to profession…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement. This policy provides the process for the recognition and award of a degree to an eligible student who was enrolled at the university at or prior to his or her death. (B) Eligibility. An "eligible student" for the purpose of this policy is one who …

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. In certain programs of study, students may not be effective in their chosen area because of factors other than academic qualifications, such as personality. Such programs are often designed to train students to perform guidance roles upon completion of the…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement. A leave of absence may be granted for degree seeking graduate students actively enrolled in courses for one or more semesters for personal, family, financial or other compelling reasons. (B) Eligibility. To be eligible for a leave of absence, a st…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement. This policy provides for the minimum standards of enrollment and re-enrollment for graduate students at Kent state university.(B) Implementation. (1) Graduate students shall enroll for at least one term each calendar year to maintain status as a d…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The purpose of this policy is to establish procedures to reasonably accommodate the sincerely held beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. Regular attendance in class is expected of all students at all levels at the university. While classes are conducted on the premise that regular attendance is expected, the university recognizes certain activities, events, and circumstances as legitimate r…

11.15 PDF: (A) In the event that a student is called for jury service, the student shall be allowed the option of withdrawing with a full fee refund and no penalty.(B) When summoned for jury duty, students shall provide appropriate documentation to the dean of their college, scho…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. Kent state university recognizes that the academic mission of this institution is to provide equal learning opportunities for every individual. Directly related to this endeavor is the need for protection against discrimination and the practices that may a…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. All courses offered for credit require a substantial final examination. (B) Intent and scope. (1) The intent and scope of this policy applies equally to all departments, schools, colleges and campuses of the university. (2) Final examinations have an impor…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The grade point average (GPA) adjustment policy provides students a second chance at pursuing their academic goals.(B) Eligibility. To be eligible for a GPA adjustment, students must meet all the following conditions at the time of the request: officially …

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy.(1) Financial aid recipients at Kent state university are required to achieve satisfactory academic progress towards a degree in order to continue to receive financial assistance. This policy recognizes the requirements imposed by the federal government conc…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. Students enrolled in the university, at all its campuses, are to perform their academic work according to standards set by faculty members, departments, schools and colleges of the university; and cheating and plagiarism constitute fraudulent misrepresenta…

11.15 PDF: (A) Academic probation is a means of informing a student that his or her academic performance or progress is unsatisfactory while there may still be time for remedy.(B) Academic probation is imposed by the academic deans, from whom specifics are available. Such probati…

11.15 PDF: (A) The instructor of record for all coursework carrying academic credit at Kent state university will have a Kent state university appointment. The instructor of record has primary responsibility for course instruction, including the assignment of appropriate grades. …

11.15 PDF: (A) Statement of purpose. Experimental and integrative studies are administered by the dean and staff of the honors college. Objectives include the following: (1) To provide a means by which faculty and other qualified members of the university community may develop, o…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement. In order to provide more affordable options for students, and pursuant to section 3345.025 of the Revised Code, faculty shall consider best practices in affordability in choosing course materials. These best practices include, but are not limited …

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. (1) The university recognizes the valuable research and educational contributions that academic visitors may make through collaborative research and other scholarly endeavors. The university encourages those individuals from other universities, institution…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The integrity of academic transcripts is fundamental to the validity of coursewrok and degrees certified by the university.(B) Operational procedures.(1) All student transcript entries (grades and other notations) are finalized when the pertinent degree is…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement. It is the policy of the university to respect, and comply with, the copyright laws of the United States (Title 17 of the United States Code, or the "Copyright Act"). Accordingly, members of the university community desiring to use copyrighted mate…

11.15 PDF: Policy statement. The senior vice president for student life is responsible for the administration of the division of student life and for the development, implementation, and administration of services, policies, and procedures related to student support and general w…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The university board of trustees is responsible by law for regulating the use of the grounds, buildings, equipment and facilities of the university. The board of trustees is also responsible for assuring that the conduct of the students, staff, faculty and…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. Paragraph (F)(1) of rule 3342-4-02 of the Administrative Code authorizes the senior vice president for student life to establish administrative procedures as necessary to fulfill the intent of this rule. The senior vice president for student life has may d…

11.15 PDF: (A) Definitions.(1) Accusation formal allegation of specific conduct violation(s).(2) Adjudication the process by which the university conducts disciplinary meetings, hearings, or other actions, bringing matters to resolution.(3) Administrative conversation - informal …

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose. The purpose of the general nonacademic grievance procedure for students is to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all students, eliminate unlawful discrimination and unwarranted dissatisfaction, and resolve problems that occur in the nonacademic area s…