Freedom of Expression

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Jun 27, 2025

Freedom of Expression

A. Purpose and Overview of Policy Dalton State College (“DSC”) recognizes and upholds the rights protected by the First Amendment, including the rights of free speech and free expression, and the right to assemble peaceably.  Demonstrations, assemblies, and dissemination of information can be valid expressions for dissenting opinions provided they do not disrupt academic and […]

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Jun 15, 2025

Legal Representation

Institutions in the University System receive legal advice from the BOR legal staff. Individuals who require legal representation as defendants in actions brought against them as employees of DSC are represented by the Office of the Attorney General of Georgia. No employee of DSC should deal directly with or respond to an attorney representing an […]

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Jun 15, 2025

Open Records

In the Georgia Open Records Act, a public document is defined to broadly include most visible, auditory, or electronic documents created by or received by employees of state agencies in the discharge of duties. The Act also creates broad rights for these records to be accessed by the public. Requests for any institutional records should […]

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Jun 15, 2025

Intellectual Properties

(Reviewed by Academic Affairs and Approved by the Faculty Senate, October 8, 2020) DSC is dedicated to teaching and serving as an educational broker to meet the needs of the community and provide opportunities for all persons within its service area to live self-fulfilling and productive lives. While the primary objective of the faculty and […]

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Jun 15, 2025

Human Subject Research

Dalton State College will comply with all federal laws and regulations as well as those mandated by the University System of Georgia governing the use of humans in research. All of the information requested in the Application Package for Research with Human Subjects Participation meets our regulatory obligation. All research activities involving human subjects and […]

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