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

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UG-ARC and UG-ARC Hearing Board must conduct the hearing in a manner that facilitates the presentation of relevant evidence and in accordance with the policies related to UNMC College of Nursing.

               <li>The UG-ARC committee is only required to vote to grant or dismiss the appeal. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UG-ARC Hearing Board has the discretion to allow the use of a question-and-answer format or allow a witness to make an oral statement about what the witness knows about the matter. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UG-ARC Hearing Board may then ask questions to clarify what the witness said or to elicit more detailed information. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UG-ARC Hearing Board has the discretion to question the witnesses directly or to require the parties to submit answers to questions asked by the UG-ARC Hearing Board. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">In exercising this discretion, the UG-ARC Hearing Board should consider all the relevant circumstances, including whether there is animosity between the Respondent and the witness, and whether direct questioning would be more efficient or would better enable the presentation of information.

               <li>UG-ARC will consider and support faculty’s academic freedom in relation to the course being taught.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UG-ARC Hearing Board has the discretion to:  

                                     <li>Non-compliance with directions from the UG-ARC Hearing Board will result in the student’s advisor being asked to leave the hearing. </li>

                         <li>If such information was not reasonably previously known to the student prior to the deadline, that information may be forwarded to the UG-ARC Hearing Board, who shall decide the relevance and admissibility of that information. </li>

                         <li>Prior to the decision the UG-ARC Hearing Board may consult the University regarding the relevance and admissibility of that information. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Within 5 University days of the conclusion of the hearing, the UG-ARC Hearing Board will determine whether the appeal has been sustained by the evidence. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UG- ARC Hearing Chair will send a report and conclusions via university email with the final decision to:

               <li>The Division Assistant Dean</li>

               <li>The Associate Dean of Academic Programs who will notify the Dean. </li>

               <li>UG-ARC reports and information will be housed in Associate Dean's Office for a minimum of one year following the conclusion of the grade appeal or graduation, whichever occurs later. </li>

               <li>Each report will be placed in the CON Student's File and on the student's transcript when required by policy.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The student will have 10 University days to respond to the UG-ARC Hearing Board’s final decision via university email to the UG-ARC Chair.  

               <li>If the student’s written response is debating the decision of the UG-AC Hearing Board, the student will be directed to the procedures to follow in the appeal to the Dean of the College of Nursing.  

                         <li>The Dean will review the record of the investigation and the facts to determine if the appeal procedure has been fair and thorough. The Dean may then either affirm the findings of the committee or direct the committee to conduct a reinvestigation or rehearing either in whole or in part. </li>

                         <li>The decision of the Dean is final, and no further appeal may be made. </li>

               <li>If the Faculty involved in the appeal do not agree with the Appeals Hearing Board, then the faculty will be directed to the procedures to follow in an appeal to the Dean of the College of Nursing.  

                         <li>The Dean will review the record of the investigation and the facts to determine if the appeal procedure has been fair and thorough. The Dean may then either affirm the findings of the committee or direct the committee to conduct a reinvestigation or rehearing either in whole or in part. </li>

                         <li>The decision of the Dean is final, and no further appeal may be made. </li>