Legal Notices and Disclaimers

During the 2023-24 academic year, some or all instructional formats may change due to an emergency affecting college operations, public safety, or public health, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuition and fees are charged at the beginning of the semester and will remain in place regardless of any changes in instructional format. Tuition and fees will not be refunded in the event the curriculum delivery format changes for any part of the 2023-24 academic year.

The Community College of Denver is committed to providing equal access to all members of the community and to supporting the open access policy of the Colorado Community College System by providing barrier-free access to all students, including access to electronic and information technology per State and Federal mandates (Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended in 2008. 

Reasonable accommodations for students will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. Please get in touch with the Accessibility Center for more information.

Community College of Denver prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment, including those that violate federal and state law, or the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education Board Policies 19-60. The College does not discriminate on the basis of sex/gender, race, color, age, creed, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, religion, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in its employment practices or educational programs and activities. Community College of Denver will take appropriate steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in vocational education programs.

The College has designated Shana Stovall, Title IX/EO Coordinator as its Affirmative Action Officer/Equal Opportunity Coordinator/Title IX Coordinator with the responsibility to coordinate its civil rights compliance activities and grievance procedures.

Aviso de No Discriminación

Community College de Denver prohíbe toda forma de discriminación y acoso inclusive las que violan la ley federal y estatal, o las políticas 19-60 del State Board of Community Colleges and Occupational Education (Consejo Estatal de Instituciones de Educación Superior de Dos Años y de Educación Vocacional).  Community College de Denver no discrimina a base de sexo/género, raza, color, edad, credo, origen nacional o étnico,  disabilidad física o mental, estado de veterano, estado de embarazo, religion, información genética, identidad de género, u orientación sexual en sus prácticas de empleo o programas y actividades educativos.  Community College de Denver tomará medidas apropiadas para asegurar que la falta de habilidades en el inglés no sea barrera para la admisión y participación en programas de educación vocacional.

Community College de Denver ha designado a Shana Stovall, Title IX/EO Coordinator, como su Agente de Acción Afirmativa/Coordinadora de Oportunidad Equitativa/Coordinadora de Título IX con la responsabilidad de coordinar sus actividades de cumplimiento con los derechos civiles y los procedimientos de reclamación. 

The Community College of Denver (CCD) is committed to providing web services that are accessible and usable by all, regardless of technology or access method. We actively work to increase the accessibility and usability of our websites by striving towards the seven principles of universal design, including equitable use, flexibility, simple yet intuitive, perceptible information, tolerance for errors, low physical effort for task completion, and appropriate design for approach in use.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level Double-A standards influence our web design. Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is no longer the single relevant accessibility guideline for web content. This site has been built using code compliant with the W3C standards for HTML and CSS, allowing future technologies, including assistive technologies, to interact with and display web content appropriately.

Our websites aspire to meet WCAG 2.1 Level Double-A and meet or exceed Section 508 standards of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. To meet these standards, the following best practices are adhered to:

• Alternative text descriptions for images.
• Form inputs with associated text labels that provide instruction cues of detected input errors.
• Appropriately titled frames.
• Synchronized captions for non-live web-based video.
• Tables for tabular data with data table captions and summaries are used where appropriate.
• Content for which color alone is not the sole method for conveying content to distinguish visual elements.
• Color contrast ratio is at least 4.5:1.
• All page functionality is available using a keyboard.
• Dynamic content with the ability to be paused or stopped.
• Intuitive and logical ordering of navigation links and form elements.
• Consistent navigation and functionality of elements across multiple web pages.

Accessibility Testing

One of the many tools assisting Community College of Denver is an active accessibility compliance widget called “USERWAY,” an automated accessibility monitoring, verification, and remediation based upon the standards defined by WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All areas of the CCD website will be reviewed at least annually; new content is reviewed before publication. Automated accessibility checkers are in place to report on compliance issues, such as spelling, color contrast, missing headings, images without alternative text, and other compliance violations as they arise.

Reporting an Issue

If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access information, please email us a detailed report at websupport@quantumseedllc.com or contact the CCD IT HelpDesk at 303.352.3030.

Please include the following information:

• The web page address URL in question, e.g., Admissions Homepage.
• Your contact information: name, telephone number, and e-mail address.
• Technical information: operating system or device, web browser name, web browser version, and any adaptive software you are using if applicable.
• Please describe the problems you are having accessing the page in as much detail as possible.
• If you can, please include a “screenshot” or image of the page where you encounter the problem.