Extraordinary Circumstances
In truly exceptional circumstances the grade change may be authorized by someone other than the faculty member who taught the course. If either committee determines that such is the case, the chair of the respective committee shall forward the information and related documents to the chair of the academic department that owns the course. The chair of the department, in consultation with the department grade appeals committee, shall review the case and if the grade appeals committee determines that a grade change is necessary and appropriate, it shall render its decision and change the student’s grade by the process and deadline established for the faculty member above.
Such grade changes are expected to be rare. No change in grade may be authorized except by the faculty member teaching the course or by the department chair in consultation with the department grade appeals committee. Each fall, a report will be furnished to the Academic Standards Subcommittee of UCASC as to the number of grade changes made through this process during the previous academic year.
If a faculty member changes a grade in response to a recommendation of either the departmental grade appeals committee or of the college-wide grade appeals committee or if a department chair changes the grade in consultation with the department grade appeals committee, that grade is final.
Students shall be limited to three (3) grade appeals during their educational experience at John Jay; however, any grade appeal that is successful shall not count toward that three-appeal limit.