2010-2012 EWC Catalog

1. File a Grade Appeal Form with the instructor’s Department Chairperson by the end of the fourth week of the semester. If the Department Chairperson is the instructor involved, the written appeal will go to the Division Dean.

2. The student will submit to the Department Chairperson the Grade Appeal Form and copies of the course syllabus, tests, assignments and papers in the student’s possession.

3. The Department Chairperson will notify the instructor involved, and the instructor will provide a written response to the allegations identified in the Grade Appeal form within one week of notice. Copies of the syllabus, assignments and any of the student’s work that remains in the instructor’s possession should be attached to the response.

4. The Department Chairperson, following consultation with the student and instructor will render a decision in writing regarding the grade appeal by the end of the sixth week of the semester.

Step Three: If the student wishes to appeal the Chair’s decision he or she must put the request in writing to the Dean using the Student Conference request form within one week following receipt of the decision from the Department Chair.

The Dean may choose to review the case personally or convene a grade appeals committee. Should the Dean choose to review the case, the aforementioned steps as outlined for the Department Chair will apply. Should the Dean choose to convene a grade appeals committee, the following outlines the composition and procedure of the committee.

The committee will consist of the following: a) Three (3) members of the Academic Council appointed by the chairperson of the Council, b) one (1) faculty member appointed by the Division Dean of the department involved, and c) one (1) Student Government Association representative appointed by the Student Government President. In the case that the involved student is the Student Government President, the Vice-President shall appoint the student representative. The committee should meet no later than the end of the eighth week of the semester. The chairperson of the grade appeal hearing committee will be chosen from the three council members serving on the committee by the chairperson of Academic Council. All documentation will be forwarded to the Chair of the Academic Council.

Grade Appeal Hearing Procedure: The student and the instructor may each bring an advisor from the College (e.g. currently enrolled student, faculty or staff member) to the hearing. The advisor may only counsel the student or the instructor and may not actively participate in or make any statement during the hearing. Recognizing that the grade appeal hearing is an in-house procedure, attorneys, other legal counsel and any other persons outside the university community are not permitted in the hearing.

The hearing committee will review all of the documentation received from the student, instructor, Department Chair and Dean, and then ask the student, instructor and their advisors, if present, to come into the room. The student and the instructor will each be allowed to make a statement, and the committee members may ask questions of the student and the instructor. The student, professor and their advisors will then be asked to leave the room, and the final discussion and vote by the committee shall be in closed session. The decision of the committee is final, and the Chair of Academic Council will send written notification of the committee’s decision to the instructor and the student. In the case of a grade change, the Division Dean or his/her designee, will be responsible for making the change.

ACADEMIC HONORS Excellence in academic achievement is recognized by inducting students into the National Alpha Chi Honor Society and by presenting accolades to achievers on the President’s List, Dean’s List, Honor Roll. These presentations are made publicly in a ceremony on Academic Honors Day. EWC Catalog 2010-2012 Page 35