Classroom Decorum

Instruction is the most valuable function at Eastern Oregon University. To assure that all students gain full benefit of instruction, the University insists that appropriate classroom decorum be maintained. Minimum elements of appropriate classroom decorum include: punctuality, courtesy, civility, purposefulness, and integrity. To achieve these elements, faculty may establish rules about such matters as: tardiness, absences, argumentation, collaboration, presence of children and guests, eating and drinking and basic forms of conduct to minimize disruption of the educational process. Such rules established by individual faculty will be clearly and explicitly communicated to students in the course using such means as the course syllabus. Persons judged by a faculty member to be disruptive may be referred by the faculty member for University disciplinary review and action. Further, a faculty member has the responsibility and right to excuse disruptive persons from a class session. Students with concerns about a faculty member's actions are encouraged to contact the dean of the school in which the faculty member is located.