Committees and Councils

Purpose or Function: The Academic Standards Grievance Committee is a standing committee designed to consider grade appeals and other issues related to academic standards, academic integrity, academic honesty, and other academic issues related to due process for students.

Membership:  The committee consists of six faculty members and two students, selected as follows. The Faculty Senate Committee on Committees will select twenty tenured and tenure-track faculty members along with the members of the Academic Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate to form a pool of faculty representatives who are available to serve on the Academic Standards Grievance Committee, as needed, during the academic year. The Student Government will select the student members of the Academic Standards Grievance Committee.  Because of the unique nature of this committee, the three-year term rule will not apply to this committee, and appointments will be for a one-year term ending on August 31. Some members may be asked to serve in the summer.

Chair:  The Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs will appoint the Chair for each occasion that a grievance is referred to the Committee. The Chair will not be a representative from the College from which the appeal emanates.