Upon receiving an appeal, the College-Wide Grade Appeals Committee shall have 30 calendar days to review the complete record as provided by the Registrar’s Office. The College-Wide Grade Appeals Committee will consider whether the departmental committee made an error in rendering its decision. Specifically, the College-Wide Grade Appeals Committee will answer whether or not the departmental committee made an error in supporting a change of final grade. The College-Wide Grade Appeals Committee is encouraged to consult with the faculty member, members of the departmental committee, and the Department Chair/Program Director as appropriate.
Subsequent to a finding in support of changing the final grade (i.e., upholding the decision of the departmental committee), the responsibility to change the final grade shall rest with the Department Chair/Program Director. If the faculty member against whom the appeal was filed is a Program Director, the responsibility to change the final grade shall rest with the Chair of the faculty member’s home department. If the faculty member is the Department Chair, the responsibility to change the final grade shall rest with the Provost or the Provost’s designee.
No change in grade may be authorized except by the faculty member teaching the course or by the appropriate party described above. Each fall, a report will be furnished to the Dean of Academic Programs and President of the Faculty Senate as to the number of grade changes made through this appeals process during the previous academic year.