Student Handbook

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Introduction

About Leighton

• Mission of the University

• Vision Statement

• Core Values

Student Records

• Office of the Registrar

• Grade Change

• Pass/Fail Grade Policy

• Academic Forgiveness Policy

• Credit Hour Policy

• Repeated Course Policy

• Repeated Course Fee

• Repeated Course

• Procedure for Securing Student Records

• Add/Swap Courses

Financial Matters

• Student Financial Account

• Delinquent Tuition Account

• Refund Policy

• Drop for Non-Payment

• Tuition/Fees & Billing

• Payment Plans

• Payments by Guarantor

• Cancellation Policy

• Refund Policy

• Refund Payments

• FERPA

Student Development Services

• Disability Services Accommodation

• Disability Services

• Advisement

• Academic Advisors

• Non-Degree Students

• Transient Students

• Transfer Credit

• Transfer Students

• Student Honor Code

• Section 504 Compliance

• Section 504 Coordinator

• Complaint Procedures

• Investigation Procedures

• Review of Academic Records

• Withdrawal from a Course

• Academic Withdrawal

Human Resource

• Equal Opportunity

• Title IX

Academic Division

• Course Numbering

• Credit/No-Credit Courses

• Incomplete Grade

• Deans List

• General Education Program

• Academic Standards

• Academic Integrity

• Violation of Academic Integrity

Technology & Communications

• Student Email Accounts

• Email Policy

• Telephone Calls & Messages

• Mailing Address

Core Values

The following institutional functional core values guide the promotion of student learning and success, faculty scholarship and research, and community engagement at Leighton University:

• Academic Excellence – We are a community that pursues excellence in its teaching, learning, and research to serve the local, national, and international communities. We treasure the institutional autonomy and the integrity necessary to uphold the highest standards of intellectual inquiry and academic freedom.
• Integrity – We are a community that strives to engage in honest communications, fairness, ethical manner, and accountability for words and deeds in all University activities and decision-making.
• Inclusivity – We are a community that embraces inclusivity where the unique attributes and contributions of all individuals are valued to enhance the richness of our academic environment regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, political beliefs, spiritual perspectives or other ideologies.
• Innovation – We are a community dedicates its stakeholder to the discovery and application of knowledge in teaching and learning and in developing pioneering products and processes to form collaboration across disciplines and communities and to positive transformation through research, scholarship, and creative works.
• Engagement – We are a community that encourages and supports its faculty, staff, and students in all forms of scholarship, including the innovation and expansion of knowledge and truth.
• Technology – We are a community that values the security of technology resources and information entrusted to our care and will be attentive in maintaining the integrity of these critical items.