SACS -- Online Compliance Certification

Standard 3.4.5: The Institution publishes academic policies that adhere to principles of good educational practice. These are disseminated to students, faculty, and other interested parties through publications that accurately represent the programs and services of the Institution.

Judgment of Compliance
X	Compliance	Partial Compliance	Non-Compliance

NARRATIVE/JUSTIFICATION FOR JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) publishes academic policies in a variety of both printed and electronic formats to make them available to students, faculty, and other interested parties. SKCTC policies are disseminated in print through the Student Handbook (pp. 11-15 Rules Relating to Attending SKCTC) [1], Rules of the Senate (Section V. Rules Relating to Attending a KCTCS College) [2], Faculty Handbook [3], and the KCTCS Catalog (pp. 60-73 Academic Services) [4]. Students and faculty have access to all these documents electronically via the SKCTC [5] and the KCTCS Web Pages [6].

Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College utilizes its faculty assembly (called the Faculty) to develop, approve and review academic policies. The Faculty [7] has authority and responsibility for the educational policies as delegated to it by the Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges System (KCTCS) Board of Directors. In keeping with the common practice of Institutions of higher education and within the limits established by KCTCS Administrative Policies and Procedures and the Rules of the Senate of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System—to which SKCTC elects five (5) representatives—the Faculty has primary responsibility for monitoring and making recommendations with regard to matters set forth below:

Academic policies and curricula;
Courses and academic offerings;
Policies and regulations governing admission classifications, probation and dismissal of students;
An academic calendar generally consistent with that of KCTCS;
All candidates for degrees and certificates;
Criteria for faculty appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure;
Changes in the Rules of the Senate of KCTCS and in the KCTCS Board of Regents Policies and
Administrative Policies and Procedures

Additional responsibilities are delegated to the College’s Program Development Committee and Rules Committee and are set as follows:

Program Development Committee:

Recommend to the Faculty concerning new courses, course changes, and the dropping of courses.
Recommend to the Faculty concerning new curricula, curricula changes, and the dropping of
curricula.
Recommend to the Faculty, upon request or upon its own initiative, concerning the needs of the instructional program of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College.
Perform other responsibilities as delegated to it by the Faculty or by the Executive Committee.

Rules Committee:

Codify the Rules of the Faculty of Southeast Community and Technical College.
Recommend to the Faculty, upon request or upon its own initiative, any modification of the Rules of the Faculty of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, the Rules of the Senate of KCTCS, or the Administrative Policies and Procedures of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
Make continuous evaluation of the Rules to meet new conditions.
Perform other responsibilities as delegated to it by the Faculty or by the Executive Committee.

All publications are updated regularly to ensure that the principles of good educational practice are followed. Print materials are updated on a calendar cycle; however, changes in electronic documents are updated as necessary.

Supporting Documents		Links to Supporting Documents
Supporting Documents		You must be connected to the World Wide Web to access the following links. (Click on the link to access the document.)
1	SKCTC Student Handbook (pp. 11-15)	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/StudentAffairs/ssdn/consumer_info/ studenthandbook.pdf#page=13
2	KCTCS Rules of the Senate (Section V)	http://unity.kctcs.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-151746/Section%20V%20Attending%202004-2005.doc
3	SKCTC Faculty and Staff Handbook	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/Administration/docu/college_handbook.pdf#page=140.pdf
4	KCTCS Catalog Academic Services	http://www.kctcs.edu/catalog/index.cfm?action=display&cs_id=7&cc_id=22#cc
5	SKCTC Web Page	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu
6	KCTCS Web Page	http://www.kctcs.edu/
7	SKCTC Rules of the Faculty	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/Administration/docu/college_handbook.pdf#page=134

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