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  Procedure 13.02.99.C2.01
Attachment C
Student Grade Appeal Proceedings Report
       
       


STUDENT GRADE APPEAL PROCEEDINGS RECORD

 

(Last name, first name, middle initial) (Social Security number)

 
Reference: University Procedure 13.02.99.C2.01, Subject: Student Grade Appeal
Procedures

        
 
        
Chair, University Academic Standards Grievance Committee:
       

 
 
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Student has appealed to instructor for redress within fourteen days after the beginning of the next term (fall, spring, summer I, or summer II). Date of beginning of next term:_______________
       
  Date of appeal to instructor: __________________
       
 
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File includes any written correspondence of the student and/or faculty member concerned.
       
 
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Student has appealed to department chair within one week after the faculty member has acted, or, if the faculty has failed to act, within one week after the time period for action has ended. (Faculty member has seven days to act before the student may appeal.) Date of appeal to department chair: ___________________
       
 
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File includes any written correspondence of the student and/or department chair concerned including course objectives and syllabus, course criteria for grading, student work submitted for evaluation, the grade distribution for the course, and the statement of findings.
     
 
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Student has appealed to the University Academic Standards Grievance Committee within two weeks following the issuance of the statement of findings by the department chair. Date of issuance of statement of findings: ______________ Date of student's appeal: _______________
     
 
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Student request is in writing and includes tbasis for the appeal.
     
University Academic Standards Grievance Committee Preliminary Matters:
     
 
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Chair is not from the College from which the appeal is originating.
     
 
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Committee consists of eight persons by name: six faculty members and two students. The faculty members were chosen by the Faculty Senate Committee on Committees from a pool already composed for that purpose for the academic year. The pool includes the members of the Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee and a designated number of tenured faculty members. The students have been selected from a pool established by the Student Government.
     
 
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No member of the appointed committee is involved in the case before the committee or has withdrawn from consideration of the case.
     
 
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Letters of notification of the hearing went out to members of the Committee and to the student and faculty member concerned. The letters indicated the time, date and place of the hearing. The letters notified all concerned where the student grade appeal file could be reviewed. The letters notified the student and faculty member concerned of their right to be accompanied and represented by another. The letters notified all concerned that the burden of proof was on the student. Date(s) of letters: _______________________________________
     
Proceedings:
 
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A quorum is present. A quorum consists of four faculty members and one student member of the Committee including the Chair.
     
 
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The student understands that the proceedings are not a judicial proceeding and rules of evidence are not applicable.
     
 
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The student was asked if he/she objected to any member of the Committee sitting on his/her case. (NOTE: the student has no right to preemptory challenge or challenge for cause. However the Committee may want to recess for guidance from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs if the student=s reasons for making the objection seem to cause doubt in the Committee's mind as to the appropriateness of continuing. This decision will be made in closed session by majority vote.)
     
 
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The student understands that he/she may be accompanied by another person, for advisory purposes only.
     
 
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The student (was) (was not) accompanied by another. If applicable, the person accompanying the student was __________________________________________.
     
 
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The student understands that the burden of proof rests upon himself/herself, and that the committee will only be finding that his/her grievance was proved or was not proved.
     
 
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The student understands that if the Committee finds that he/she has proved his/her grievance, the Committee may recommend that a grade change be made to an appropriate level.
     
 
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The Committee, the student and all concerned understand that the proceedings, findings and recommendations, if any, shall not be open to the general public or available to any individuals other than those concerned with the case._____ The faculty member concerned understands that he/she may be accompanied by another person, for advisory purposes only.
     
 
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The faculty member (was) (was not) accompanied by another. If applicable, the person accompanying the faculty member was ____________________________________.
     
 
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The student understands that each member of the Committee has reviewed the student's grade appeal file as furnished by the department chair before this meeting. (The contents of the file are then reviewed for the record to confirm what has been reviewed by the Committee before this meeting. See Appendix 1 to this record for a listing of the file contents.)
     
 
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Each witness called is reflected in the summary of the record of the proceedings.
     
 
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Each document considered during the proceedings is fully identified in the record of the proceedings.
     

Findings:
  The Committee finds the grade appeal (proved) (not proved).
     
  The decision was reached (by majority vote) (by reason of a tie vote).
     
  If applicable, the Committee recommends that the grade be changed from _____ to _____.
Date of committee decision: ___________________________
     

Recommendations (as applicable):
   

 

 

 

 

 

Post Proceedings Matters:
     
 
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Letters announcing findings and recommendations have been sent to the student and faculty member concerned, and to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
     
 
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Letters above were sent within one week after the committee has completed its hearings and deliberations. Date(s) of letters: ________________________
     
     
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
     
The University Academic Standards Grievance Committee appointed by letter dated _____________________ to hear the grievance of _________________________________________________________ met at _____________________________________________.
     


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