Resolution of Student Faculty Conflicts Regarding Grading
It is highly recommended that a student who wishes to dispute a final course grade first meet with course instructor/faculty member to try to resolve the dispute.
If the student and faculty member cannot come to mutually satisfactory agreement and the student wishes to further dispute the final course grade, the following procedural steps may be followed:
The student may bring written notification of his/her concerns to the course instructor/faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Student Support and Clinical Facilitation. This written notification must be submitted within ten business days from receipt of the course grade and must include a description of how the student's performance satisfied course requirements as outlined in the published course syllabi.
- The Assistant Dean for Student Support and Clinical Facilitation will send a copy of the written notification of concerns to the Program Director, the faculty advisor, the Dean, and the Associate Dean.
- The Assistant Dean for Student Support and Clinical Facilitation sets up a meeting with the student, the faculty member, and the Assistant Dean for Student Support and Clinical Facilitation. The purpose of the meeting is to attempt to resolve the matter. This meeting will be scheduled within 10 business days of receipt of the written notification.
- If the dispute is not resolved in the meeting with student, faculty, and Assistant Dean for Student Support and Clinical Facilitation, the student may request an Appeals Committee hearing following the Appeal Procedure found in the SON Handbook.
[Reviewed and updated Sept. 2017]