Disability Policy
Christfield Global University College is committed to providing an education that does not discriminate based on the disabilities of faculty, staff, students, or other stakeholders. The University’s disability policy has a direct impact on the usage of media, technologies, and materials for online learning courses, especially concerning our hard-of-hearing and deaf students. All online course media and materials with an audio component are either transcribed or captioned before we assign them (usually before the classes start) to provide reasonable accommodation for hard-of-hearing and deaf students. Since instructors may not know whether they have a hard-of-hearing or deaf students enrolled in their class until the end of the Drop/Add period, they are required to choose and develop accessible materials when they design their courses. Reasonable accommodations for students with hearing disabilities currently do not exist when instructors use synchronous audio communication technologies within a course. For example, the University does not use online learning telephone conferencing systems when students with hearing disabilities register in a course, even when student participation is not necessary or anticipated.

Affirmative Action Policy
Christfield Global University College recognizes the need for Affirmative Action. It pledges its commitment to take on positive actions to address the effects of past practices or barriers to equal educational opportunity and to achieve the fair and full participation of people with disabilities, women, minorities, and older persons. The University also further states that it will conform to the antidiscrimination provisions of the Federal regulations and laws. Christfield Global University College recognizes the education difficulties experienced by minorities, people with disabilities, many older persons, and where appropriate, CGUC set program goals to overcome the present effects of past discrimination to achieve the full and fair teaching and learning of such persons. In order to implement affirmative action policies, our staff has prepared an Affirmative Action Plan that includes programs aimed at eliminating discrimination and promoting fairness. The Affirmative Action Plan incorporates specific objectives, goals, actions, timetables, as well as a complaint procedure.

Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s workperformance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Christfield Global University College has zero-tolerance for sexual harassment from any staff, faculty members, and students. The university will follow proper protocol, including appropriate notification, if it is reasonable to cause to believe that sexual harassment has occurred.

Ethical Computer Use
Christfield Global University College upholds our standard procedure regarding the ethical use of computers. Everyone within the community who uses the University communications and computing facilities is responsible for using them in a professional, legal, and ethical manner, meaning that every user agrees to the following conditions: Users must respect the integrity of the systems and must recognize that some data are confidential. They must also respect the rules and regulations that govern the use of equipment and facilities, and they must not obtain unauthorized access to the accounts and files of others. Users must also respect the intended use of all accounts, and they must follow the guidelines for and familiarize themselves with appropriate usage for the systems they access.

Copyright Policy and Procedures
Christfield Global University College has a strict policy regarding copyrights and patents. Any student who engages in a research project that involves significant use of facilities, equipment, funds, or materials of the University, or one that is subject to terms and conditions of a sponsored project or other contracts between the University and another party, shall assign this project as well as all its patents and applications to the University unless the project releases to the researcher per the patent policy provisions. When a student completes a research project that does not involve significant use of facilities, equipment, funds, or materials of Christfield Global University, and one that is not under the terms of a sponsored research project or other contracts between the University and another party, the University will waive its rights. The research project will be the exclusive property of the student, the terms of financial aid received, such as scholarships, external sponsorship, fellowships, or any other financial aid provided, do not change his or her rights. in the project, whether or not the University administers the project. The Provost or his designee is the one responsible for administering intellectual property matters that are related to patents, inventions, trademarks, publications, and copyrights. The Provost shall represent the University in any matter regarding intellectual property that may substantially affect the institution’s relationships with the public, government, and industry. It is the responsibility of the University Chancellor to advise and make recommendations to the Provost relating to intellectual property matters that arise from the activities of students conducting research. The rights determination between faculty/student researchers and the University, as well as the disposition of patent rights, is determined on a caseby-case basis.