Hearing Procedures

1. The hearing will be conducted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs or the Dean of Academic Affairs.
2. The hearing will be granted within a reasonable time, but no more than thirty (30) days after the hearing request has been made.
3. Reasonable notice shall be given to the student and other necessary parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
4. The hearing shall be limited to a consideration of the specific portion(s) of the student’s record being challenged.
5. The Registrar’s Office will represent the challenged record at the hearing. Where practicable, the College will attempt to have a representative from the office responsible for the 𠊌hallenged record present at the hearing.
6. The student will have the right to be assisted by an advisor of his or her choice. The burden of sustaining the challenge rests with the student.
7. Reasonable opportunity shall be provided for all parties to present evidence and witnesses directly related to that 
portion(s) of the record being challenged.
8. The student will be provided written notification of the disposition of the challenge (including the reason for such disposition).
9. The remedies available to the student as a result of a hearing are:
   1. The record may stand; or
   2. The record may be corrected; or
   3. The record may be deleted.
   4. Explanatory information, of a reasonable length, may be inserted in the student’s record file.