Center for Accessibility and Learning Equity

Faculty Rights

Faculty members have the right to:

• Maintain academic standards for courses
• Determine course content and how it will be taught
• Confirm a student’s accommodations and ask for clarification about a specific accommodation (listed on the student’s accommodation letter) with the Center for Accessibility and Learning Equity
• Deny a request for accommodation – IF the student has not been approved for such accommodation or if the student does not provide their accommodation letter to the instructor
• Award grades appropriate to the level of the student’s demonstration of mastery of material
• Fail a student who does not perform to passing standards

Faculty members do not have the right to:

• Refuse to provide an approved accommodation for a documented disability
• Challenge the legitimacy of a student’s disability
• Review a student’s documentation, including diagnostic data

Faculty Responsibilities

Faculty members have the responsibility to:

• Understand the laws and university’s guidelines regarding students with disabilities
• Refer students to The Center for Accessibility and Learning Equity when necessary
• Provide requested accommodations and academic adjustments to students who have documented disabilities (and provide their accommodations letter to instructor) in a timely manner
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records concerning students with disabilities except when disclosure is required by law or authorized by the student
• Provide handouts, videos and other course materials in accessible formats