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Welcome to the Office of Student Affairs page. This office is part of the Division of Student Affairs & Activities. Here you can find information about Judicial Affairs, including procedures regarding student problems and complaints, disruptive events and student discipline, student rights and responsibilities, student grievances, the Foothill College Academic Honor Code, and other student and legal issues.

Judicial Affairs manages liability issues that arise on the Foothill campus. Donald Dorsey, Dean of Student Affairs & Activities, is the college Informal Complaints Officer, the Grievance Officer, and the administrator over discipline and due process. Please call his assistant, Bill Frankeberger, at the Office of Student Affairs & Activities, (650) 949-7241, if you have any questions, would like reference material, or have an issue you would like to discuss. Below are links to basic information about student and student-employee issues.

ATTENTION STAFF: For online Academic Honor Code report forms click here. The form is called Academic Dishonesty Report Form and is password-protected. Contact Marlene Wilkendor at (650) 949-7446 for the access code.

(Click here to go to the Office of Student Activities page, which includes information about student government (ASFC), campus clubs, campus businesses and the student body card - "OwlCard", student businesses and services, and campus activities. In the Virtual Campus Center site, you will find information about the many services, programs and recreation areas the college offers. The Division of Student Affairs & Activities also coordinates the Foothill commencement ceremony, and supervises the campus food services.)

Community College Law and Policy Links

• California law and California Education Code
• FHDA Board Policy and Administrative Procedures
• State Chancellor's Office
• FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
• FERPA interpreted by FHDA Board Policy AP 5045
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Basic Information About Student Issues, and Student-to-Employee Issues

• Academic Dishonesty Report Form
• Academic Integrity
• Academic Honor Code
• Computer Policy - Misuse of Resources
• Discrimination Protection
• Disruptive Student Incident Report Form
• ETUDES - Student Code of Conduct
• Sexual Harassment Protection
• Harassment and Discrimination Procedures (opens in new window)
• Student Complaint and Grievance Procedures
• Student Conduct, Discipline and Due Process:
  - disruptive students
  - dropping students
  - cheating
• Student Rights and Responsibilities

General References

1. Board Policy: Administrative Procedures, AP 5500 - "Student Rights and Responsibilities" Click on above, then search to:
   IV. "Discipline", and
   V. "Student Complaints and Grievance Procedures"
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2. Students’ Right to Know
3. Beyond the Classroom, the Foothill College student handbook
   - available from the Office of Student Activities
4. Foothill College Schedule of Classes (see back pages "College Policies")
   - available at the College Bookstore

Contacting Student Affairs

For other information about Student Affairs and Activities, call the main division office at (650) 949-7241 or use this direct e-mail address for Bill Frankeberger, Office of Student Affairs and Activities.

A complete contact list for Student Affairs and Activities can be found here.