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he/she will obtain employment, whether part-time, training
<br />related, or otherwise.
<br />STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
<br />Students must demonstrate courtesy and consideration toward
<br />the staff, Instructors, and other students. The college reserves the
<br />right to suspend or dismiss any student whose conduct Is
<br />inappropriate or demeaning to fellow students, or the school and
<br />Its reputation.
<br />At the discretion of the school administration, a student may be
<br />temporarily or permanently suspended from school for any
<br />serious or repeated incident, including but not limited to
<br />A drugged or intoxicated state of behavior;
<br />• Possession of drugs, alcohol or weapons upon school
<br />premises;
<br />• Physical or verbal behavior creating a safety hazard;
<br />Disobedience or disrespectful behavior toward an
<br />administrator, faculty member, or another student;
<br />• Any verbal, physical or other conduct based on a persons
<br />sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability,
<br />veteran or marital status that has the purpose or effect of
<br />threatening or intimidating or coercing another, or Impairing
<br />academic perfm mance, career development, or any other
<br />aspect of education;
<br />Academic dishonesty, such as cheating, plagiarism,
<br />knowingly furnishing false information or any activity
<br />deemed as academic dishonesty by the Dean of Education;
<br />• Obstruction or disruption of teaching, administration,
<br />disciplinary procedures, or any school related activity;
<br />• Theft of, or damage to, property of the college;
<br />• Violation of the Computer Use Policy defined in this Catalog;
<br />Disorderly conduct or led, indecent, or obscene conduct or
<br />expression;
<br />Knowingly making false statements or accusations that
<br />damage or undermine the schools reputation;
<br />• Violation of any school directives such as a No Contact
<br />directive or No Trespass directive;
<br />Failure to comply with the verbal or written directions of any
<br />college official acting in the performance and scope of
<br />his/her duty;
<br />• Violation of any of the policies outlined in the schools most
<br />recently published Annual Security Report.
<br />DISCIPLINARY ACTION & STUDENT SANCTIONS
<br />In the event that a student violates the Student Code of Conduct,
<br />the school may impose any of the following sanctions:
<br />Educational Sanctions
<br />• Denial of Access to Campus, Resources or Persons
<br />• Suspension (one or more days or one or more terms)
<br />Expulsion
<br />The school makes a determination as to whether any Student
<br />Code of Conduct was violated by performing the appropriate
<br />investigations per school policy depending on the type of
<br />infraction. The school will determine, in its sole and absolute
<br />discretion, as to the sanctions) to impose on the student, if any,
<br />depending on (1) the conclusions of the investigations, and (2) the
<br />nature and severity of the infraction, and (3) any prior incidents
<br />the student may have had at the school. incidents leading to any
<br />Student Affairs
<br />disciplinary action are recorded in writing and filed in the students
<br />file.
<br />If the student is temporarily suspended, s/he will be allowed to
<br />resume his or her studies after a certain number of days as
<br />determined by the school. If the student is suspended from a term
<br />or expelled, the student will receive a Withdraw Fail grade ("WF"
<br />Grade) for all courses the student is enrolled in at the time of the
<br />infraction. A student who is expelled from the school may appeal
<br />for reinstatement to a Readmission Committee as to the reason(s)
<br />the student believes s/he should be reinstated at the school. The
<br />appeal must be made in writing, must include any additional
<br />documentation to support claims made by the student as to the
<br />events that led to the expulsion, and may require the student to
<br />attend a counselling session with the Readmission Committee.
<br />The Readmission Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion,
<br />may choose to grant the appeal to reinstate the student at the
<br />school or may deny the appeal. If the student's appeal is denied,
<br />s/he will not be allowed to re -enroll at the school.
<br />COMPUTER USE POLICY
<br />SCIT students are authorized to use the school's computers for
<br />course related work and other educational purposes only. Use of
<br />SCIT's resources for other than educational purposes is not
<br />permitted. SCIT reserves the right to inspect all information stored
<br />on SCIT computers, Including programs and data. All students
<br />work, exercises, and information are to be stored on an external
<br />device such as a flash drive, not the computer hard drive. The
<br />school is not responsible for lost work saved on the hard drive.
<br />The systems provided are for public usage and not restricted to
<br />one user.
<br />Instances of system misuse and/or inappropriate usage are in
<br />violation of the Student Code of Conduct and may result In
<br />removal of privileges to SCIT's computers, suspension or expulsion
<br />from the school. Misuse and/or inappropriate usage of SCIT's
<br />computer systems include, but are not limited to:
<br />• Unauthorized copying, installing or distribution of software
<br />without approval from SCIT;
<br />Playing games, chatting on the internet, or participating in
<br />activities that are not course related;
<br />• Deliberately trying to damage system software or hardware;
<br />• Any attempt to create or import a program that may
<br />jeopardize system security or compromises data integrity;
<br />Viewing any images (i.e., photographs, drawings, paintings,
<br />or other derivatives thereof), audio, videos, movies or data
<br />that are discriminatory, abusive, profane, harassing, adult
<br />oriented, Inappropriate or sexually offensive. When a
<br />complaint regarding discriminatory, abusive, profane,
<br />harassing, adult oriented, Inappropriate or sexually offensive
<br />material is received by Southern California Institute of
<br />Technology, the matter will be turned over to the
<br />appropriate dean, office, committee or law enforcement
<br />agency.
<br />SCIT reserves the right to limit or deny access to anyone using
<br />SCIT computers and/or facilities when privileges are abused.
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