CON Procedures for Handling Undergraduate Student Appeals of Academic Evaluations

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Procedures For Handling Undergraduate Student Appeals Of Academic Evaluations Subsection: Appendix N
Section 5.0 - Appendices Originating Date: May 1991
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Academic Review Committee
Faculty Coordinating Council
General Faculty Organization
Revised: December 2003
Revised: September 2008
Revised: May 2015
Revised: May 2022
Related documents:


This policy is currently under revision. Please refer to the earlier version linked in the header until this work is complete.

Policy:

Paragraph 5.3 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents provides in part as follows: Each college or school shall provide for a faculty-student appeals committee for students who believe that evaluation of their academic progress has been prejudiced or capricious. Such procedure shall provide for changing of student's evaluation upon the committee's finding that an academic evaluation by a member of a faculty has been prejudiced or capricious.

See also UNMC College of Nursing Policies: 4.1.6 Academic Review Committee and 5.2.19 Undergraduate Student Grade Appeal. Please note: A student looking at this procedure should also look at the full University Student Code of Conduct and Appeals of Academic Evaluations.

Procedure Definitions:

  • University Day: Various deadlines are stated in days. The term “University Day” means a weekday during which the campus offices are open. Check the academic calendar on the campus website to determine the days during which the campus offices are closed.
  • E-mail Address of Record: The “e-mail address of record.” means the student’s University assigned e-mail address. Because important notices may be sent to students by e-mail, it is extremely important that students make sure they check that email regularly. Delivery Receipt with University email is confirmation of the email being received and will be considered as the official date of delivery.
  • Undergraduate Academic Review Committee (UG-ARC): a committee of 10 undergraduate faculty chosen by the general faculty to conduct all committee functions related to academic appeals.
  • Undergraduate Academic Review Committee (UG-ARC) Hearing Board: is made up of 4 faculty drawn from a pool of 10 elected faculty from the UG-ARC. The UG-ARC Hearing Board also includes 1 student to create a 5-member committee.
  • Undergraduate Academic Review (UG-ARC) Chair: A UG-ARC Chair will be chosen from the 10-undergraduate faculty of the committee at the fall biannual meeting. The UARC Chair will conduct all hearing board meetings but will not be a voting member of the UARC Hearing Board.

Procedure Steps:

  1. Course Faculty/ Coordinator receives notice from the student immediately after receiving the grade alleged to be capricious or prejudiced, that the student wants to informally discuss the grade.
  2. Faculty and student meet to discuss the grading with the student presenting the information regarding why the grading is believed to be capricious and or prejudiced.
    1. If a satisfactory agreement cannot be made, the student may appeal in writing to the Undergraduate Academic Review Committee (UG-ARC) chair.
  3. The student may request to meet informally to discuss the appeal with the program director in which the course is offered after meeting with the faculty member involved/course coordinator.
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