rights & responsibilities

Student's have the right to:

• be treated with dignity and respect
• an equal educational opportunity
• appropriate confidentiality of personal disability information except as required or permitted by law
• reasonable and timely accommodations
• equally effective communication

Students seeking accommodations have the responsibility to:

• meet and maintain essential academic and technical standards required for admission
• participation, and retention at Lesley University
• self-identify as a person with a disability to Disability Services (DS)
• demonstrate and/or document that they are a student with a disability as defined by the ADA of 1990
• provide appropriate documentation
• make a formal request for accommodations through DS, and renew this request each semester
• follow Lesley University's policies and procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations
• adhere to Lesley University's Community Standards of Conduct Policy

The Faculty has the right to:

• determine course content and general methods of teaching
• ensure that the standards in their course are not lowered or compromised
• ensure that a student has demonstrated mastery of the essential requirements of a course in order to obtain an appropriate grade
• fail any student if he/she does not demonstrate mastery of essential requirements
• question a specific accommodation request if it is either inappropriate for their course, or if the nature of the request would alter the essential requirements of a course
• determine through consultation with knowledgeable professionals the most appropriate ways to adapt their course to the needs of a particular student
• be treated respectfully by all students in their class

The Faculty has the responsibility to:

• acknowledge that students who are registered with Disability Services have provided adequate and appropriate documentation of their disability from a registered health care professional. Accommodations are based on this documentation. Respect the student's confidentiality about the specifics of their disability
• cooperate with Disability Services to provide authorized accommodations and support services in a fair and timely manner.
• recognize that some students with disabilities have academic or behavioral problems that are not related to their disability. Faculty is therefore not obligated to treat such problems any differently then they would for a non-disabled student.