Faculty Rights and Responsibilities

Faculty members have the following rights:

• Determine the content of each course and how it is taught.
• Decide how to best instruct students and assess student learning.
• Consult with knowledgeable professionals on methods to accommodate the learning needs of students with disabilities.
• Right to be informed of accommodation needs in each semester, to be able to support students with disabilities.
• Maintain academic standards of courses.
• Question and negotiate specific accommodations to ensure that they will not change essential requirements of course.
• Right to award grades appropriate to the level of student's mastery of course material.
• Be treated respectfully by all students.

Faculty members have the following responsibilities:

• Reasonably accommodate students who provide Request for Reasonable Accommodation letters from the Disability Services Center.
• Refer to the Disability Services Center students who request accommodations for a disability, but do not provide Request for Reasonable Accommodation letters from the Disability Services Center.
• Maintain student confidentiality by not asking for specific information regarding a student's disability.
• Understand policies and law regarding students with disabilities.
• Sign accommodation letters from Disability Services in a timely manner.
• Understand that some behaviors are not related to disability, and that there is no obligation to treat these students differently than any other.
• Enforce Rhode Island College Student Handbook policies equally for all students.
• Contact the Disability Services Center (456-8061) whenever there is a question regarding a reasonable accommodation.