Academic Responsibility

Crossroads intends to provide each student with the best possible training in his or her chosen program. High academic standards are maintained in all classes. Students must understand that primary responsibility for learning on the collegiate level rests not with the faculty and staff but with the individual student. Maximum benefit requires commitment on the part of each student to scholastic excellence. Students on the collegiate level experience greater autonomy than in secondary schools. This autonomy demands increased responsibility from the students as well as careful application of effective study and time-management principles.

The College recognizes that academic studies are only a part of the lives and responsibilities of its students. The time devoted to studies must be carefully balanced against the responsibilities of family, employment, and church. Each semester hour in a student's course load normally requires a minimum of two hours per week (in many cases more) of study outside the classroom. It is each student’s obligation at semester registration to make spiritually mature decisions regarding course load. Extra-collegiate responsibilities will not excuse failure to complete academic requirements for any course.