GRADUATE CATALOG • 2010-2011

Cedar Crest College maintains a classroom and learning environment dedicated to scholarly, artistic, and professional inquiry. The college’s community of learning is founded upon the intellectual freedom of students and faculty in pursuit of knowledge and understanding. Such an environment depends upon the insights of scholarly disciplines, as well as a respect for the global diversity of viewpoints and cultural backgrounds.

The college expects students to conduct themselves in a manner that best realizes their own and other students’ education. Appropriate classroom behavior includes, but is not limited to, the expectations for students: to attend and be prepared for all classes, to arrive and leave on time, to treat the faculty members and other students with respect, to refrain from any activities within the classroom that do not directly pertain to the business of the class, to use language that is respectful and non-abusive, and to otherwise refrain from any behavior that disrupts or jeopardizes the learning environment as determined by a reasonable faculty member. Academic programs or individual faculty members may establish additional behavioral policies for their courses, including those which take classroom behavior into account for a student’s academic evaluation.

If a student would like to bring a guest to class, permission must be secured from the instructor prior to that class time.

Faculty members are entitled to respond to disruptive student behavior. Responses can range from a verbal warning to requiring the student to leave class. Faculty may further choose to treat dismissal from class as an absence, for the purposes of attendance policies. If a student refuses to leave when requested, the faculty member is to call Campus Security and have the student removed. Unless it should be necessary to protect oneself, the faculty member should not make any effort or threat to remove the student physically. If the faculty member desires that the expulsion extend beyond the class period or that it be permanent, the faculty member must first notify the chair of his or her department, and then make such a request to the Provost prior to the beginning of the next meeting of that class. If the Provost concurs, the student is to be notified of procedures by which she may appeal. Under some circumstances, some disruptive classroom behavior may warrant dismissal from the College.

Admissions Credentials: International Students

To apply for graduate admission, an international student should submit the following documents:

• Official transcripts from post-secondary study translated into English
• Results of the TOEFL examination or an equivalent test if English is not the first language
• An English writing sample in the form of a one-page typed essay
• Statement of finances