Solicitation of employees and students by individuals or profit-making organizations with products or services for personal use is prohibited unless otherwise authorized by the College President or his/her designee.

Lewis and Clark Community College respects the civil rights and liberties of each member of the College. However, it is imperative for the College to be a safe environment, free from coercion and harassment allowing for the exchange and expression of ideas.

Student conduct is governed by this Student Conduct Code. Violations of the Student Conduct Code are subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. Student conduct which is subject to disciplinary action includes, but is not limited to:

• Violations of federal, state and local laws at any College-sponsored activity, on- or off-campus.
• Acts that interfere with the purposes and processes of the college community or that deny the rights of members of the College community.
• Academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, and forgery.
• Using College computer equipment in a manner that violates College policies, including but not limited to unauthorized access to or altering, damaging, destroying, or removing a computer, a computer pro­gram, or data; scheming to deceive or defraud to gain control over money, services, or property (includ­ing electronic impulses, electronically produced data, confidential or copyrighted material, billing infor­mation, and software in any form).
• Violation of College's anti-harassment policy.
• Fighting or threats of violence.
• Possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages except at off-campus activities where such possession and consumption meet requirements of state law and where the location of the activity does not prohibit such beverages.
• Being under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance not prescribed by a licensed physician.
• Sale, use, possession, or distribution of marijuana or possession of any controlled substance not prescribed by a licensed physician.
• Smoking, except in designated areas, in accordance with the Illinois Clean Air Act.
• Gambling.
• Theft or damage to College property or property of members of the College community.
• Failure to meet financial obligations relative to College transactions or the issuing of fraudulent checks.
• Possession of explosives, firecrackers, firearms, dangerous chemicals, or other weapons except as specially permitted by law and College officials.
• Denying a trustee, employee, student or invitee of the College freedom of movement or use of the facility; disrupting the performance of institutional duties or pursuit of educational activities; and occupying buildings or other property after due and legal notice to depart.
• Nuisance activities such as use of loud, abusive or otherwise improper language; creating any hazard to persons or things; blocking access ways; or improper disposal of rubbish;
• Lewd or obscene conduct, including use of a computer to access pornographic or hate sites.
• Giving false or misleading information in response to requests from College officials.

Student grievances may involve academic matters, administrative matters, disciplinary action under the Stu­dent Conduct Code, or alleged discrimination. Grievances, other than those involving alleged discrimination charges will be handled through the regular chain of authority. A student who is not satisfied with a decision at one level may appeal the grievance in writing to the next level of authority. The President or President's designee is the final authority in any grievance except discrimination grievances where the Board of Trustees is the final authority.

• In grievances involving academic matters, including grading, the student should first consult with the instructor concerned. Every attempt should be made to resolve the grievance at this point of origin; but if necessary, the student may process a grievance, in writing, through the levels of Coordinator, Dean, Academic Vice President, and College President.
• In grievances involving administrative matters and disciplinary action under the Student Conduct Code, the student should first consult with the responsible office administrator; if necessary the student should proceed, in writing, through the levels of appropriate Director or appropriate Dean, appropriate Vice President and College President.
• In grievances involving alleged discrimination because of race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin/ancestry, disability, sexual preference or age as prohibited by applicable federal or state law, the student should first consult with the Vice President of Academic Affairs who will handle the grievance. Appeals may be made to the L&C President and the Board of Trustees.
• Grievances should be submitted in writing at each level of review within ten (10) school days of the action being grieved or within ten (10) school days of the decision on appeal. Written response will normally be made to the student within ten (10) school days unless circumstances require additional time for consideration.

Note: L&C must share information about complaints with its accreditor, the Higher Learning Commis­sion, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, but individual identities will be shielded.

• If a grievance results in a fact-finding hearing, the following procedure will be followed: -You will be informed in writing of the date, time, location and subject of the hearing. AVice President has the right to suspend you temporarily until the hearing process can be completed. -The complaints will be described and examined at a meeting of the accusers, the accused, the appro­priate Vice President (or representative), advisors and assistants that either party wishes to bring. The appropriate Vice President must be notified within two days of the hearing regarding anyone other than the principal parties who will be attending. -The appropriate Vice President will have five school days following the hearing to consult again with all parties, as may be necessary, and render a decision. -This decision may be appealed in writing to the L&C President (or representative) within ten school days of receipt of the decision. With respect to grievances involving alleged discrimination, the decision of the L&C President (or a representative) may be appealed to the Board of Trustees within ten school days of the receipt of the decision. -If you are dismissed, application must be made in writing to the appropriate Vice President before readmission will be considered. -Readmission to L&C will be dependent on the student's ability to document that the behaviors that led to his/her dismissal have been fully remediated.
• If the student is not satisfied with the decision of the Vice President, he/she may appeal in writing to the College President.

The Enrollment Center will send official copies of your transcript to any institution or individual you choose based on your written request. Please provide the Enrollment Center with your request, written signature, and College ID number or social security number. L&C reserves the right to deny a student an official transcript (not required to be made available by FERPA) because the student has an unpaid financial obligation to the College. Requests for more than 10 official transcripts require review and approval by the Director, Enrollment Center for Admissions Services.

The Enrollment Center will accept official transcripts from other colleges when the transcript is mailed from the transferring college. Hand-delivered or faxed transcripts are not considered official transcripts.

Any documents presented to us in order to attain admission (i.e. applications, high school and/or college transcripts, etc.) become the property of L&C and will not be released to any outside agency or returned to you.

The Campus Information and Security Building is located at the north entrance to the campus where campus maps, visitor, student, staff and faculty parking permits may be picked up. Complete campus regulations are available there. Security Services are maintained 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To reach the Security Office by phone, call "0" if on campus and 618-466-7000 if off campus.

Designated parking areas are established on campus for students, faculty, staff and guests. All vehicles must be parked on pavement, between parking lines, and/or centered on parking block bumpers. Parking is not allowed on grass, sidewalks, or in restricted areas.

Monitoring the access of faculty, staff and the student population on campus is a continual practice of campus security. There is daily interaction between security and maintenance on safety and maintenance conditions of campus facilities.

Security is given the authority to enforce all of the Lewis and Clark Community College campus rules and procedures relating to the daily operations of the college campus (i.e., parking, conduct, smoking, etc.). Lewis and Clark Community College Security immediately notifies the local or state police agencies when confronted with an arrest for a criminal violation on campus. Security will assist the police agencies in all appropriate ways.

Contact between security officers and the campus population, along with established guidelines in the college catalog and telephone directory, encourage prompt reporting of all crimes on campus. Reporting of all crimes on campus is accomplished by the security officer's notification to the appropriate police agencies and a copy of the security officer's incident report being forwarded to the appropriate college personnel.

The college has programs designed to inform students and employees about security procedures (i.e., pamphlets, instructions during orientation and registration, faculty and staff semester in-service week, on-campus counseling, and the Health and Safety Committee).

Off-campus college events require security arrangements to be made by each organization prior to ap­proval by college administration for such activities.

Please note that Student-Right-to-Know graduation rate and transfer-out data is available by calling 468­-5001 in Enrollment Services or by requesting a copy at the Security Office.

Athletic Participation and Financial Aid (EADA) disclosure is available by calling 468-6002 in the Athletic division or by requesting a copy at the Security Office.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus security Policy and Crimes Statistics Act (formerly the Cam­pus Security Act) is available directly at the following Web site or may be obtained by contacting Security at 618-468-3160 or by requesting a copy at the Security Office.

You are responsible for following all policies and meeting all requirements and deadlines for enrollment, course withdrawal, and graduation. Policies are subject to change.

It is your responsibility to be familiar with the information presented in this catalog, and to know and observe all regulations and procedures relating to the program you are pursuing. In no case will a regulation be waived or an exception granted because you plead ignorance of, or contend that you were not informed of the regulations or procedures.

All College students, faculty, staff or other personnel who use or have access to the College's technology resources, including but not limited to computers (e.g. desktops and portable computers, servers, networks, printers, software and data storage media), e-mail, voicemail, facsimile machines, photocopiers and Internet access (collectively, technology resources) should be familiar with, and must comply with, these policies.

Confidentiality and Access Policies
The College's technology resources store confidential information. Access to this confidential infor­mation is granted to users only in connection with the College's function as an educational institution. Users may access and use the information only for proper purposes and must respect and maintain the confidentiality of that information. Users may not leak, place, post, transmit, or otherwise disclose confidential, sensitive, or proprietary College information, or any private information relating to any individual College employees, contractors, or students, to anyone outside of the College by any means, at any time, or for any reason.

Types of Software used at College and Software Policies Third Party Software
All third party oftware used by the College is proprietary to the third party vendor, is protected by copyright and/or trade secret law, and is subject to the terms of the specific software license agreement entered into by the College with the third party vendor with respect to that software. In general, these software license agreements expressly forbid copying of the soft­ware, forbid the use of unauthorized copies of the software, may restrict the use of software to particu­lar hardware, and may limit the computers upon which the software may be used or the number of concurrent users of such software. In some cases, the College's licenses permit certain limited use by students, faculty or staff on home or portable computers. Violation of the provisions of software agreements and or copyright law can subject the College and individuals to substantial damage claims and possible criminal penalties.

Copying of Software. The College prohibits any unauthorized duplication of all software owned or licensed by College. No user may, without proper authorization, duplicate the software that is loaded on his or her computer's hard disk for use on any other PC without consulting with and obtaining written authorization from the Academic Computing/Helpdesk staff.

Installation of Unauthorized Software. College computer users may install software on College hardware with prior written authorization from the Academic Computing/Helpdesk staff. Such approval will be granted unless there is a substantial danger of system or network conflicts, configuration changes, etc. Any maintenance required by a PC that was caused by the installation of unauthorized software will be placed at the bottom of the priority list for repair by the Academic Computing/Helpdesk Staff.

File-Sharing. Users may not post, upload, download, transmit, distribute, or engage in any "file-sharing" of any data or files (including software, music, audiovisual clips, movies, etc.) unless such activity is consistent with all applicable licenses and approved in advance by College's Academic Computing/Helpdesk Staff.

Use of Technology Resources
The College's technology resources are property of the College, or are licensed for use by the College and are intended to be used primarily for proper educational institutional purposes.

Monitoring. The College reserves the right to monitor, inspect, access, intercept, review, and when appropriate, disclose any and all information created, entered, received, stored, viewed, accessed or transmitted via College technology resources (including without limitation in databases, data file systems, data archives, Web/Internet/Intranet sites).

Users should have no expectation of privacy in connection with the use of College technology resources, including the creation, entry, receipt, storage, accessing, viewing or transmission of data via such resources.

Passwords and Security. All passwords and security used in connection with College tech­nology resources - including voice mail access codes - are College property and must be made available to the College. Users must understand that their use of passwords will not preclude access, monitoring, inspection, interception, review, or disclosure by authorized College personnel. The Col­lege also may unilaterally assign and/or change passwords and personal codes. The security of the College's technology resources is every user's responsibility.

Academic Computing Staff access each PC in the College periodically to perform system maintenance. Authorized and specifically designated College employees, agents, or representatives may also inves­tigate and/or monitor the use of College systems to ensure that use is consistent with our Policies. They may also override all passwords or security codes when deemed necessary.

Lawful Use. College technology resources may not be used to intentionally or unintentionally violate any local, state, federal, or national civil or criminal laws, including copyright and patent laws of any jurisdiction. Unlawful activity includes but is not limited to lotteries, raffles, betting, gambling for anything of value, and participating or facilitating in the distribution of unlawful materials. Users likewise may not upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any data that is threatening, malicious, tortuous, defamatory, libelous, obscene, or invasive of another's privacy. Users also may not upload, download, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment.

Infringement of Proprietary Rights. College computer, electronic, e-mail, and Internet resources may not be used to violate proprietary rights, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, rights of publicity, or any other intellectual property rights. NO HARASSMENT. Users are absolutely forbidden from using College technology resources in any way that may be construed to violate the College's harassment-free workplace policy or otherwise harass fellow students or other individuals. This prohibition includes sexually explicit or offensive images, messages, cartoons, jokes, ethnic or religious slurs, racial epithets or any other statement or image that might be construed as harassment or disparagement on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by law. Users are required to take all reasonable steps to avoid and eliminate receipt of any potentially offensive material; claiming to be a passive recipient of prohibited material is unacceptable. Prohibited conduct includes sending e-mail messages to someone who has requested that the user not do so. MISREPRESENTATION OF IDENTITY. College computer, electronic, e-mail, and Internet resources may not be used to misrepresent, obscure, suppress, or replace one's identity or the origin of data or communications. For example, "spoofing" and "phishing" (e.g, constructing electronic communica­tions to appear to be from someone else, including to solicit personally identifiable information from recipients) is prohibited. Each user's name, e-mail address, organizational affiliation, time and date of transmission, and related information included with electronic communications (including postings) must always reflect the true originator, time, date, and place of origination, as well as the original message's true content.

Internet Guidelines
In addition to the above terms of use, the following guidelines specifically apply to Internet usage. Members of the Lewis and Clark campus community must remember that access to the Internet is a privilege. All College Students, Faculty, Staff or other personnel who use or have access to the Internet through the College must use the Internet resources in an effective, ethical and lawful manner. The following guidelines must be adhered to by all persons whether using systems on-campus or dialing in from off-campus. Failure to do so may result in removal of your account. The account is to be closed if you are no longer associated with the College. Because of limited disk space, it is expected that you check e-mail daily and delete unnecessary messages immediately. Keep messages remaining in your electronic mailbox to a minimum. Subscribers to news and messaging groups/services have an addi­tional responsibility to monitor their electronic mailbox.

Communications over the Internet. Electronic communications facilities (such as e-mail, talk, network news and Internet Relay Chat) are primarily for College activities. Each individual is responsible for his/her image on the Internet as well as the image of the College. Fraudulent, harassing, or obscene messages and/or other materials must not be transmitted over the Internet or any other network on- or off-campus. Inappropriate messages include but are not limited to the following:

Fraudulent Messages. Messages sent under an assumed name or modified address or with the intent to obscure the origin of the message.

Harassing Messages. Messages that harass an individual or group because of their sex, race, age, religious beliefs, national origin, physical attributes or sexual preference.

Obscene Messages. Messages that contain obscene or inflammatory remarks directed toward an individual or group.

Inappropriate use of Resources. No one may deliberately attempt to degrade the performance of a computer system on the Internet or to deprive authorized personnel of resources or access to any computer system.

Network configuration. No one may establish a TCP/IP resource on campus without the explicit consent of Academic Computing/Helpdesk. All addresses are administered by Academic Com­puting/Helpdesk and all users must adhere to the addressing conventions established by that depart­ment.

Security. No one may use loopholes in computer security systems or knowledge of a special pass­word to damage computer systems, obtain extra resources, take resources from another user, gain access to systems or use systems for which proper authorization has not been given.

System Accounts. Accounts are assigned to individuals and no one may use another person's account. Use of another user's account may result in automatic suspension of the account.

Financial Gain. No one may use resources of the Internet for personal financial gain by posting messages that promote the products or services of a local business or their own product or services.

Personal Technology Devices in the Classroom
In an effort to preserve the integrity of the academic environment, extraneous use of personal electronic devices (cell phones, bluetooth, PDAs, iPods, calculators, etc.) is prohibited during all class meetings. The instructor reserves the right to examine the device in instances where allegations of academic dishonesty are suspected. In emergency situations students must inform the instructor to receive permission to leave the classroom when their cellular phones vibrate(do not have cell phone ring or otherwise disturb the class).

Residency Requirements
When enrolling at L&C, you are classified as in-district, out-of-district, out-of-state, or international student for purposes of tuition and fees.

In-District: A student is considered to be in-district if his/her legal residence is within the boundaries of L&C District No. 536 for at least 30 days prior to the start of the semester in which the student plans to enroll and for purposes other than attending college. (Documentation of tax district may be required.)

Out-of-District: A student living outside L&C District No. 536, who is a resident of the State of Illinois and does not attend L&C under the terms of a cooperative agreement or charge-back agreement, is considered an out-of-district student and will be charged the appropriate tuition rate.

Out-of-State: A student who is a resident of another state or country will be considered an out-of-state student and will be charged the appropriate tuition rate. International Student: An international student on a student Visa enrolled in 12 semester hours or more who has been issued an I-20 form will be charged the appropriate out-of-state tuition rate. International students who have been issued an I-20 to attend L&C or any other college or university may not establish eligibility for in-district tuition rates.

Employer In-District: Out-of-district and out-of-state students who receive training from, and are em­ployed by, an industry within L&C District No. 536 may qualify for in-district rates. The required form may be obtained at the Enrollment Center or any of the off-campus Community Education Centers. The in-district employer must complete a new form each semester.

Cooperative Agreements/Charge-backs: Out-of-district students who attend L&C under the terms of a cooperative agreement between L&C and another community college district, or for whom charge-back authorization has been given by the student's home district will be charged L&C's in-district tuition rate.

In-District Charge-Back: District 536 residents desiring to pursue a certificate or degree program not available at L&C may apply for charge-back tuition if they want to attend another public community college in Illinois which offers that program. If approved for charge-back, you will pay the resident tuition of the receiving institution; the L&C District will reimburse the receiving community college district for the remainder of the non-district tuition cost. Note that charge backs are available for entire programs of study, not for individual courses. Application for "Authorization for Partial Tuition Support Application" for charge-back tuition is to be made in the office of the Dean of Enrollment Services.

Out-of-District Charge-Back: If you are a resident outside District 536 approved for charge-back tuition, you will pay L&C in-district tuition and your community college district will reimburse L&C for the balance of the out-of-district tuition. You first must apply for the charge-back at the community college in your district.

Tuition and Fees
Tuition and fees are established by the Board of Trustees of Community College District 536 and are subject to change.

Tuition

In-District ..............................................................$76 per credit hour
Out-of-District ......................................................$228 per credit hour
Out-of-State ..........................................................$304 per credit hour
International Student...........................................$304 per credit hour
Online Courses ...................................................$92 (maximum) per credit hour

Fees

 Activity ................................................................. $7 per credit hour
Technology ........................................................ $4 per credit hour

Ecological "Green" Fee.....................................$1 per credit hour
Lab/course ......................................................... as designated
Application .......................................................... no charge
Graduation (non-refundable) .......................... $35 (one time)
Non-Credit Course ............................................ as designated
Non-Traditional Credit ....................................... $76 per credit hour granted
Returned check ................................................... $15 each
Transcript (Academic & Financial Aid) .............no charge

Tuition and fee due dates are listed in the calendar section of each Schedule of Classes. Continuing Ed courses with a prefix beginning with CE must be paid in full at the time of registration. Payment for late starting classes (generally those starting after the third week of each semester) are due seven (7) days prior to the start of the individual classes. Students using financial aid must authorize use of their grant or scholarship at the Financial Aid office and with the Bursar on the main campus in Baldwin 2450. Students who make partial payments are responsible for completing their payments within the deadlines listed.

Payment options include cash, check, debit/credit card via Bursar's Office/Community Education Centers (MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express only), credit card via BlazerNet WebAdvisor (Master Card, VISA, Discover, and American Express only), Financial Aid, Installment Plan, and Employer Tuition Assistance. Check payments may not be accepted on student accounts which have had previous returned check activity.

Refund Schedule
Regular Credit Courses-Students are eligible for a 100 percent refund through the first 12 calendar days (NOT course meetings) of each course. (Calendar days include Saturdays and Sundays.) This period is extended one day for each holiday. There are no refunds thereafter. If the last day for a refund is scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday, the refund request must be postmarked by that day or presented in writing by the previous business day at the Enrollment Center or a Community Education Center.

Short Term Credit Courses-Students enrolled in short-term credit courses of less than 24 days (i.e., the number of days between the course beginning date and ending date) are eligible for a 100 percent refund through the mid-point of each course.

Continuing Education or Non-Credit courses with a CE-- prefix-Students in courses that meet for four or more sessions are eligible for a 100 percent refund prior to the start of the second session. There are no refunds for courses that consist of three or fewer sessions once the course begins. Certain specialized non-credit courses may have separate and specific refund policies outlined in contractual agreements or in course outlines.

Note: When students owe money to the College, it is College policy to deduct that amount from any tuition or course refunds.

If you are unable to complete a course for any reason, you should officially withdraw from the course (in writing) or through BlazerNet WebAdvisor before the end of the withdrawal period. If you do not officially withdraw from a course, you will receive a grade based on work completed - which may not be sufficient to give you a passing grade. Non-attendance does not constitute an official withdrawal.

First, you are encouraged to inform your instructor(s) of your intentions. Next you must request a with­drawal in writing from the Enrollment Center or go to www.lc.edu and access BlazerNet WebAdvisor to withdrawfrom the course(s). The withdrawal is official when the completed request is processed by the Enroll­ment Center or Community Education Centers or submitted through BlazerNet WebAdvisor. Voluntary failure to attend classes does not constitute an official withdrawal. An official withdrawal within the withdrawal period results in a grade of "W" on your transcript. However, a withdrawal prior to the conclusion of the tuition refund period results in no transcript record.

Requests to withdraw after the official withdrawal period will not be processed. Exceptions can be made only in hardship cases, described in writing, to the appropriate Dean with responsibility for the class(es).

The withdrawal period varies with the length of the course. The College administers multiple withdrawal deadlines during the Fall and Spring semesters in order to accommodate courses of varying length. See the academic calendar in the Catalog or Schedule of Classes for specific dates.