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The program coordinator changes "policy" to suit it's needs/ego. What the program coordinator failed to tell you and you failed to investigate yourself was that there is are guidelines to follow. School policy states that you should have received a verbal warning about your academics. Also, your instructor or advisor was supposed to place you w/ student services to help get you "caught up". If that didn't work, then you should have been notified my certified mail that the school was considering taking disciplinary action against you. After, you should have been given a meeting w/ the dean, instructor, and program coordinator, so they could explain their next course of action. At that time you should have been made aware that you had the right to argue the charges, given 30 days to file a grievance (in writing) w/ the dean of student affairs. You also had the right to build your case, interview all parties involved(both sides), given a copy of everything in your file, and help decide who would sit on the appellate panel to hear your case. You also had the right to bring counsel to the hearing. If not satisfied w/ the panels decision, you had the right to a civil suit. You also had the right, and still do, to file a grievance w/ the state. If you let this go, it will continue to happen to others.

I checked out their site and you are correct. Noticed they don't provide students w/ handbooks. When searching program policies online, most of the pages "could not be found". In other departments (not health occupations/care), it was very easy to navigate thru' policies and find answers to questions. It's troubling to learn that the program coordinator never completed college. In fact, the program coordinator has the lowest credentials of faculty (full/part) in the entire school. I decided to dig further and found many students were less than satisfied w/ their experience in the health-occupation program(s). Unfortunately, it didn't occur to them to know their rights. As a result, they accepted the disciplinary actions taken against them, even though it was obvious that the program coordinator abused it's power. Even though the info can be found, the program coordinator knew that certain students were unaware of this, and chose not to disclose that they had the right to defend themselves. This program is turning into something ugly. There is so much more, but it would take me all night to pass it along. I hope this piques some interest and inspires others to do some investigating. Otherwise, this will continue. I know this doesn't happen to every student. The fact that it happened to even one is unacceptable.