Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights

  • Reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to Guarini's curriculum, programs and activities, and the programs and activities of Dartmouth College.
  • Appropriate privacy regarding disability-related information.
  • Engagement of the alternative resolution and/or formal grievance procedure to address accommodation discrimination.
  • Non-discrimination by Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and Dartmouth faculty and staff.

Student Responsibilities

  • With or without reasonable accommodations, meet the qualifications for and fulfill the essential institutional standards for courses, programs, and activities.
  • Self-identify as an individual with a disability and follow published procedures for engaging the interactive process to obtain reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, assistive technology, auxiliary aids, and services. 
  • Provide necessary documentation to establish disability and the need for accommodation to participate in courses, programs, services, and activities.
  • Request accommodations from faculty, staff, or administration in a timely manner.