proposed improvements and a timeline Due process rights Right to submit grievances and expect recourse for identity theft Right to submit grievances and expect recourse for abuse of power Right to submit grievances and expect recourse for arbitrary and capricious decision making Right to appeal grades before a committee. The instructor who issued the grade may not sit on this committee. Right to request a review of complaints by specialized bodies Right to be present during appeal hearings Right to protection from retribution when making a complaint (whistle blower protections) Right to have all written or online requests registered Right to have all written and online requests answered Information accessibility rights Right to freely access all educational materials available in university libraries or institutional websites Right to receive, upon admissions, a Student Guide containing information on: student rights and responsibilities materials and services provided by the university evaluation methods justification and methods used to establish fees university and faculty facilities details about student organizations ways of accessing scholarships and other financial facilities Right to receive a five-page syllabus within the first two weeks of the semester containing: course objectives general competences or outcomes students will achieve curriculum course timeline of readings and assignments evaluation and examination methods Right to adherence to the syllabus unless the teacher has the students' agreement Right to receive the syllabus in either an electronic format or a physical copy Right to information on the scale used for evaluation of skills Right to institutional policies which inform students of their rights Right to access regulations, decisions, meeting minutes and any other legal documents at the institution Right to receive a copy of their diploma, thesis, score and details about the score Right to information on criteria and methods used to identify and evaluate processional practice Right to information on criteria used to evaluate the quality of academic classes and programs The student rights movement Students in both Europe and North America began calling for the expansion of civil rights and student rights during the Vietnam War era. They established legal rights by forming student unions and lobbying for institutional policies (thus, changing the cultural treatment of students), lobbying for legislative change on state and national levels and circulating petitions for the creation of national student rights bills. In America, for instance, students won the right to retain their civil rights in institutions of higher education. In