Guidance Programs and Services
C.5.01 Students with Disabilities:
The System shall provide personal, academic or vocational counseling guidance, or placement services to its students without discrimination on the basis of disability. The System shall ensure that qualified disabled students are not counseled towards more restrictive career objectives than are non-disabled students with similar interests and ability.
C.5.02 Counseling Program:
The System shall provide a counseling and guidance program, available to all students, for the purpose of aiding in adjustment to college campus living, appropriate placement in the curriculum, general social adjustment, and suitable professional placement. The program shall include the availability of a testing program that uses the best-known and most reliable instruments.
Placement and follow-up services should be provided to students using the System's counseling and guidance program.
C.5.03 Student Development:
The Chancellor shall ensure that the System makes available to all students effective programs of student support services, including academic advising, counseling services, skills assessment and placement, career development, financial aid, student enrollment services, and support services for students with special needs.
LSCS Policy Manual Section adopted by the Board of Trustees on August 7, 2008