Student Handbook

You are responsible for reading and knowing the contents of this handbook. Failure to read the regulations will not be considered an excuse for non-compliance.

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Disclaimer: The information contained herein is for the sole purpose of information and education. All information published online by Hawkeye Community College is subject to change without notice. The student handbook is not a contract.

Table of Contents

Mission Statement

Accreditation

Student and Consumer Information

Admission Policies

• Apply @ Hawkeye
• Changing Your Program of Study
• International Student Admissions
• Readmission After Suspension or Expulsion
• High School Students—CollegeNow!

Paying for College

• Student Accounts and Payments
• Costs Per Credit Hour
• Residency Policy
• Tuition Refund for Credit Classes
• Financial Aid Handbook

Registration and Course Policies

• Academic Load
• Accommodations for Testing and Learning
• Add a Course / Late Registration
• Attendance
• Audit a Course
• Cancelled Courses
• Drop/Withdraw From a Course
• Enrollment Policy
• Full-Time and Part-Time Status
• Make-Up Testing
• Military Absence Policy
• Prerequisites and Course Regression
• Registering for Credit Classes
• Repeating Courses

Your Grades / GPA

• Grades
• Calculating Your GPA
• Dean’s List
• Academic Probation
• Early Alert Grades
• Final Grades
• Failure to Withdraw/Grade Requital

Student Records

• Your Student Records
• Privacy of Your Records (FERPA)
• Fraudulent Academic Credentials
• Transcript Request
• Transferring Credits to Hawkeye
• Credits by Examination
• Academic Integrity
• Duplicate Diploma or Certificate Request
• Change Your Name or Address

Graduating Students

• Application and Checklist
• Commencement Ceremony
• Graduation Requirements
• Degrees Awarded
• Graduating with Honors

Student Rights

• Your Student Rights
• Equal Opportunity
  • Nondiscrimination Statement
  • Affirmative Action Plan
  • Educational Equity Statement
  • Complaint of Discrimination
• Academic Freedom
• Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation Acts
• Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
• Complaint Policy
• Free Speech and Expression Policy and Complaint Procedure
• Right to Assemble
• Start a Club or Organization
• Student Publications
• Posting Information on Campus
• Student Outcomes Data
• Passage Rates for Licensure
• Student Body Diversity
• Equity in Athletics

Student Conduct

• Student Conduct
• Sexual Misconduct Policy
• Alcohol-Free and Drug-Free Campus
• Tobacco-Free Campus
• Appropriate Clothing
• Access to Facilities and Programs
• Copyright Infringement and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Policy

Campus Safety

• Bicycles and Other Recreational Equipment
• Parking and Traffic Rules
• Animals on Campus
• Firearms on Campus
• Children on Campus

Computer Policies

• Computer Policies
• Computer Misconduct
• Hawkeye Email
• My Hawkeye
• Printing On Campus
• Student Tutoring and Computer Lab Policies

Student Health Policies

• Immunizations
• Accident and Health Insurance
• Communicable and Infectious Disease Policy

Weather and Emergency Information

• Weather and Emergency
• Emergency and Campus Closing Notification
• Hawkeye Alert
• Emergency and Safety Preparedness
• See Something. Say Something.
• Missing Student

Additional Policies

• Dining Dollars Meal Plan
• Lost and Found
• Brock Student Center Services and Hours
• Hawkeye Card
• Library Services and Hours
• Business and Community Education Non-Credit Course Policies

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