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.