Undergraduate Catalog

Academic Rights

Every enrolled student has the right to access and receive quality education.

  • KU is obliged to provide students with information on available funds and financial aid.
  • KU is obliged to uphold and preserve its students’ rights to exercise principles of academic freedom.
  • KU is obliged to ensure that administrative decisions are made, or actions taken, with fair regard for the known and legitimate interests of students.
  • KU is obliged to maintain safe and suitable conditions of learning and study.
  • KU is obliged to ensure that adequate measures are taken to protect the security of students on university property.
  • KU will not apply retroactive changes to university regulations to the detriment of any student.
  • KU is obliged to advise on and provide sufficient course information to permit students to make informed course selections.
  • KU is obliged to make each course outline available to students including (but not limited to):
    • A description of the topics to be considered in the course
    • Objectives and learning outcomes
    • A list of all required readings and other materials, a description of the means of evaluation to be used in the course, the instructor’s office hours, and locations for office appointments.
  • Instructors are obliged to clearly communicate the learning outcomes and assessment tools to students.
  • Instructors are obliged to provide a fair and reasonable evaluation of a student’s performance in a course, with evaluation measures reflecting the content of the course.
  • The students have the right to a fair and impartial assessment of their performance.
  • Subject to reasonable administrative arrangements and provided that a request is made by a student within a reasonable time after the notification of a decision, students have the right to appeal an academic decision.