Student Handbook

Student Codes and College Policies

Classroom Disruption

Disruptive Behavior: Substantial disruption of College operations, including obstruction of teaching,

administration, other College activities, and/or other authorized non-College activities which occur on

campus.

In general, classroom disruption generally refers to behavior a reasonable person would view as

substantially or repeatedly interfering with the conduct of a class.

Common Disruptive Behaviors

Classroom disruptive behaviors may include:

1. students who routinely enter class late or depart early or repeatedly talk in class without being

called upon;

2. students who continually ask the professor questions with the intent to interrupt lectures and gain

attention to themselves;

3. students whose cell phones repeatedly ring and/or emit an audible sound during class or students

who repeatedly text during class;

4. students who intimidate or harass the professor;

5. students who threaten a professor, participate in a physical display of anger, or verbally abuse a

faculty member.

Faculty Rights

Suffolk County Community College respects the rights of faculty to teach and students to learn. To ensure

these rights, faculty members have the prerogative:

1. to establish and implement academic standards;

2. to establish and enforce reasonable behavior standards in each class;

3. to remove a student from a class for one class meeting, and, in those cases where the continued

presence of the student poses a substantial threat or would be disruptive to the class, request that

the Associate Dean of Student Services impose an interim suspension pending a disciplinary hearing.

College Procedures for Classroom Disruptions

A faculty member may bring charges of misconduct against a student for disruptive behavior. College policy

dictates that allegations of student misconduct will be adjudicated through the use of the Student Code of

Conduct. Please refer to the Student Code of Conduct and Student Conduct Process for a comprehensive

description of policies and procedures related to student behavioral issues.

For a complete copy of the Classroom Disruption brochure and to answer any questions, contact the

Office of the Associate Dean of Students Service or the Office of the Campus Executive Dean.

Official E-mail and Portal Policy for Students

Suffolk County Community College’s official Web-based student portal (MySCCC) and student email

accounts are an official means of communication to all students enrolled in credit-bearing classes. All such

students are required to activate their MySCCC portal and email accounts. Official College communications

may include, but are not limited to, registration information, financial aid information and other financial

statements, student health compliance information and academic progress notifications.

The College expects that students shall receive and read their electronic communications on a frequent

and timely basis. Failure to do so shall not absolve the student from knowing of and complying with the

contents of all electronic communications, some of which will be time-critical.

Students may choose to redirect their email. However, the College is not responsible for the handling of

e-mail by outside vendors, nor can it provide technical support for setting up mail-forwarding configurations