Grade Appeals and Student Academic Grievances

then submitted to the Office of the Registrar for processing.

Grade changes are processed once a week during the term with the exception of the week during which final grades are assigned. Academic standing is reviewed after each grade change, and any necessary changes are made. With the exception of grades changed via the grade substitution policy, only the final grade earned in a course for a given term is shown on an official transcript; no intermediate changes are displayed. Grade changes made in the computer system are immediately reflected on OSCAR.

When a student believes that an instructor has acted unfairly or improperly in the assignment of grades or in other academic matters, he or she may pursue academic grievance procedures to resolve the issue. The full description of these procedures may be found in the Tech Policy Library, but a brief summary is included below:

„ Grade appeals must be initiated by the student within his or her next enrolled term following the term of the course in question, and the appeal should be addressed within that term.

„ The student should attempt to resolve informally the grievance with the individual faculty member, department, school, college, or unit involved.

„ If the grievance is not resolved informally, the student may request a formal hearing at the department, school, college, or unit level. Following this hearing and issuing of a written decision, the grievance is presumed to be resolved unless the student appeals.

„ The student may appeal the formal decision rendered by the department, school, college, or unit level to the Institute level. In this situation, the Student Grievance and Appeal Committee will review the appeal and determine if a hearing is warranted. If a formal hearing is held, the committee will recommend a remedy if it finds that a faculty member, departmental committee, or administrator of a unit has not acted fairly or properly.

Sources

Office of the Registrar registrar.gatech.edu/faculty-and-staff/grading-andgrade-entry Student Rules and Regulations registrar.gatech.edu/faculty-and-staff/rules-andregulations Online Student Computer Assisted Registration (OSCAR) oscar.gatech.edu BuzzPort buzzport.gatech.edu Canvas canvas.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Catalog catalog.gatech.edu