CON Procedures for Handling Undergraduate Student Appeals of Academic Evaluations: Difference between revisions

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     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The student sends a written request to the UG-ARC Chair requesting an appeal. With this request,  
     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The student sends a written request to the UG-ARC Chair requesting an appeal. With this request,  
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              <li>The student is required to submit the written evidence to the UG-ARC Chair, no later than 10 University days after the challenged grade was posted or received </li>
              <li>The student will be required to:
                   
                       
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              <li>Upon receiving the student’s request for appeal, the UG-ARC Chair will provide the student with an electronic link to the Academic and Professional Performance Policies section of the current UNMC Student Handbook via the student’s UNMC email.
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                        <li>Delivery Receipt with University email will serve as confirmation that the student has received this information. </li>
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              <li>The UG-ARC Chair receives the appeal request and chooses 4 subcommittee faculty members and 1 student member for the UG-ARC Appeal Hearing Board. This UG-ARC Hearing Board is assigned to the specific student appeal.
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                        <li>The UG-ARC Hearing Board will decide if the hearing will be held, or not, and have the choice to review information in closed session.
                              <ol type="a" style="max-width:61em !important;">
                                  <li>Faculty may appear if desired or called to testify, may present prior submitted evidence, and answer questions from the UG-ARC Hearing Board.</li>
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                        <li>When the UG-ARC Hearing Board determines a hearing is warranted:
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                                  <li>The student will appear, if requested by the UG-ARC Hearing Board and if requested by the student. </li>
                                  <li>The student faculty advisor may be present at the hearing but may not actually participate in the proceedings unless the UG-ARC chair specifically permits.</li>
                                  <li>Faculty may appear if desired or called to testify, may present prior submitted evidence, and answer questions from the UG-ARC Hearing Board.
                                        <ol type="i" style="max-width:58em !important;">
                                            <li>Faculty may also refuse any listed items in 4 (d) b (iii). </il>
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                                  <li>The UG-ARC Hearing Board members may question witnesses.
                                        <ol type="i" style="max-width:58em !important;">
                                            <li>Witness must be UNMC students or faculty and a list must be provided to the UG-ARC Chair by the date set for submission of materials. </il>
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                                  </li>
                              </ol>
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                        <li>The UG-ARC Hearing Board will determine a hearing will be held in the case of academic dismissal or suspension.
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                                  <li>The Dean will be consulted in the case of academic dismissal or suspension </li>
                                  <li>The student and faculty will appear in the case of academic dismissal or suspension </li>
                                  <li>The student faculty advisor may be present at the hearing but may not actually participate in the proceedings unless the UG-ARC chair specifically permits.
                                        <ol type="i" style="max-width:58em !important;">
                                            <li>Faculty called to testify, may present prior submitted evidence, and answer questions from the UG-ARC Hearing Board.</il>
                                            <li>The UG-ARC Hearing Board members may question witnesses.
                                                  <ol type="1" style="max-width:55em !important;">
                                                      <li>Witness must be UNMC students or faculty and a list must be provided to the UG-ARC Chair by the date set for submission of materials. </li>
                                                </ol>
                                            </il>
                                        </ol>
                                  </li>
                              </ol>
                        </li>
                    </ol>
              </li>
              <li>UG-ARC Hearing Board proceedings will be conducted as confidential proceedings.
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                        <li>At any time during the appeal process, the student will be entitled to examine the student’s school file and any materials which were used in determining the challenged grade.</li>
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              <li>A majority vote of the UG-ARC Hearing Board will determine the appeal outcome. </li>
              <li>The student requesting the academic appeal will receive a decision on the appeal and, if a hearing is held, the student will receive a digital copy of the hearing, which will be considered the official copy.
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                        <li>When there is a hearing, the student may record, at their own expense, any hearing or proceeding at which the student is present, but this will not be recognized as an official recording. </li>
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              <li>The UG-ARC Hearing Board Chair shall submit the report and conclusions of the appeal in writing to the Undergraduate Program Director within 5 days after determining the final decision.
                  <ol type="i" style="max-width:64em !important;">
                        <li>The UG-ARC Chair will notify the student and the faculty. The Undergraduate Program Director will notify the Division Assistant Dean, the Associate Dean of Academic Programs, and the Dean.</li>
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