Quick Links: Notice of Nondiscrimination, Access to Student Records, Hesston College Graduation Rates, Accessibility Notice, Grievance Procedures
Notice of Nondiscrimination
Applicants for admission and employment,
students, parents, employees, sources of referral of applicants for
admission and employment, and all unions or professional organizations
holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with Hesston
College are hereby notified that this institution does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or handicap
in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs
and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning Hesston College’s
compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title IX, or
Section 504 is directed to contact Wendell Sauder, Executive Vice
President for Planning and Resources at Hesston College, 620-327-8217,
who has been designated by Hesston College to coordinate the college’s
efforts to comply with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title
IX, and Section 504. Any person may also contact the Assistant Secretary
for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, regarding the college’s
compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title IX, or
Section 504.
Access to Student Records
Hesston College treats student
educational records confidentially and in accordance with the 1974
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Personally identifiable
information from educational records is not disclosed to third parties
without written consent of the student, except where required by law,
where needed by college personnel to perform their duties, or where
needed to ensure the health and safety of the student and others.
Students have the right to inspect their educational records (with
certain limitations) and to seek to amend records that they believe
are inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of their rights to privacy.
Full details of the institution’s FERPA policy are published
in the Student Handbook. In addition, students are provided a written
notification of rights during the registration process at the beginning
of each year. More information is available from the Registrar’s
Office.
Concerns about compliance with
these guidelines may be addressed to Family Policy Compliance Office,
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20202-4605.
Hesston College Graduation
Rates
The Student Right-to-Know Act,
PL 101-542, requires that institutions publish graduation rates. The
rates are based on new freshman entering an institution as first-time,
full-time, degree-seeking students and graduating within 1.5 times
the normal time for their program. The graduation rate for those entering
Hesston College in the fall of 2001 and graduating within three years
was 63 percent. The average rate over the last five years is 66 percent.
Accessibility Notice
Although certain facilities are
not fully physically accessible to handicapped persons, Hesston College
will take such means as are necessary to ensure that no qualified
handicapped person is denied the benefits of, excluded from participation
in, or otherwise subject to discrimination because Hesston College
facilities are physically inaccessible to or unusable by handicapped
persons. The accessibility standard required by Federal law for "existing
facilities" is that Hesston College's programs or activities,
when viewed in their entirety, must be readily accessible to handicapped
persons. Hesston College may meet this standard through such means
as a reassignment of classes or other services to accessible locations,
redesign of equipment, assignment of aids, alteration of existing
facilities, and construction of new accessible facilities. Hesston
College is not required to make structural changes in existing facilities
where other methods are sufficient to comply with the accessibility
standard described above.
Because scheduling of classes
and arranging housing in accessible facilities may require reasonable
advance planning, handicapped students accepted for admission should
identify themselves within 90 days of the start of the semester of
admission and indicate the nature of accommodation that they need.
Grievance Procedures
Policies and procedures are established in order to assist in the
fair resolution of student and employee grievances. Student procedures
are outlined in the Hesston College Student Handbook and
employee procedures in the Hesston College Human Resources Manual.