College Rights and Responsibilities

While attending PAC both the students and the college share in certain rights and responsibilities. It is important that students be informed of their Rights and Responsibilities.

College Rights

• The College has the right to identify and establish the abilities, skills and knowledge necessary for success in its programs.
• Faculty has the right to identify and enumerate the abilities, skills and knowledge that are fundamental to their academic programs/courses and to evaluate each student's performance on this basis.
• The College has the right to request and review documentation that supports requests for accommodations. Based on this review by the institution’s expert, the College has the right to decline any unsupported request for an accommodation made by the student.
• The institution and its representatives have a right to select among equally effective methods of accommodating a student with a disability.
• The College has the right to appeal the Disability Support Services provider's decisions concerning accommodations internally by participating in the Accommodation Committee process developed through Disability Support Services.

College Responsibilities

• The College has the responsibility to inform its applicants and students about the availability and the range of accommodations.
• The College has the responsibility to evaluate applicants based solely on their abilities. If an evaluation method or criteria has a negative effect on an applicant with a disability, the College will seek reasonable alternatives.
• The College has the responsibility to ensure that all its programs are accessible.
• The College has the responsibility to make reasonable adjustments and to participate in an Accommodation Committee process if necessary to ensure that courses do not have a negative impact on a disability.
• The College has the responsibility of coordinating accommodations within three (3) categories: academic adjustments and waivers; modification or alteration of course examinations; provision of auxiliary aids or services.
• The College is Not required to provide personal attendants or aids.