POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Students Responsibilities:
Students are individually responsible for complying with SWU procedure regulations and deadlines set forth in the General Catalog of the University; information herein contained is bubjected to change from year to year as university rules, policies and curricula change. Failure to keep informed of such annual changes will not exempt students from whatever penalities they may incur

Privacy Act of Students in Education records:
the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and regulations adopted thereunder (45 C.FR99) set out requirements designed to protect the privacy of students concerning their records maintained by the University.SPecifically the statute and regulations govern access to students records maintained by SWU, and the rerlease of such records. The law requires that written consent of the student be received before releasing personally identifiable data about the student from records to other than a specified list of exceptions.

Non Discrimination Policy:

• Handicap: SWU does not discriminate on the basis of handicap in admission or access to its programs. Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and the regulations adopted thereunder prohibit such discrimination.
• Race, Color, or National Origin: SWU complies with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations adopted thereunder. No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participationin, to be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program of SWU
• Sex: SWU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in education programs and activities ooperated by SWU on the basis of Title IX of the Education Amendements of 1972
  
  Withdrawals:
  students who wish to withdraw from the University must initiate action formally through the Admission OfficE

  Student Discipline and Grievances:
  Inappropriate conduct by students or applicants for admission is subjected to discipline by SWU office of Judicial procedures that coordinates the discipline process and establish standards and procedures. If a student believes that a professor treatment is grossly unfair or that a professor behavior is clerly unprofessional the student may bring the complaint to the proper University authorites
  
  Students Records:

• Transcripts of records:A student may obtain an official academic transcript by filing an application; a fee is charged for all transcripts and must be paid in advance
• Persons Entitled to Inspect Records. University policy follows the Act to allow individuals who are or who ever have been in attendance at the University to inspect and review records in certain circumstances.
• Records Subject to Inspection and Review. Records subject to inspection and review are, in general, those that are directly related to a student and are maintained by the University. These records specifically include the files of the admission office.
• Records and Information Not Subjected to Inspection and Review.
  Records and information that are not subject to inspection and review include, but are not limited to:
  
  Records of instructional, supervisory and administrative personnel and educational personnel ancillary there to that are in the sole possession of the maker.
  
  Records relating to a student that are created and maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or other recognized professional that are created in his or her professional capacity and are created and maintained in connection with the provision of treatment of the student and are not disclosed to anyone other than the individuals providing treatment. Such records may be reviewed by a physician or other appropriate professional of the student's choice.
  
  Financial records and statements of the parent or parents of any student, except upon the written permission of such parent or parents.
  
  Confidential letters and statements of recommendation that were placed in the student's record pursuant to a written statement of confidentiality and waiver by the student of the right to see such recommendation and that are or were used only for the purpose they were specifically intended.
  
  Other records or information that is placed in the student's records as which the student has executed a waiver of his or her right to inspect or review.
  
  The portions of a student's records that pertain to another student or students.