Table of Contents

Section 1: Mission, History, and General Organization

Section 2: Governance

Section 3: Faculty Contracts, Ranks, Search Procedures, and Benefits

Section 4: Faculty Rights, Responsibilities, and Policies

Section 5: Faculty Evaluation Procedures

Section 6: Promotion and Tenure Procedures

Section 7: Faculty Titles, Awards, and Other Policies and Services of Interest to the Faculty

Appendices

APPENDIX E

PROCEDURE FOR STUDENT GRIEVANCE AGAINST A FACULTY MEMBER (ACADEMIC REVIEW BOARD)

E.1  Pre-panel Procedures    If there is a dispute between a student and a faculty member concerning a decision of the faculty member, every effort should be made by them to resolve the matter.  If the dis­agreement cannot be resolved, the student may request a review of this decision no later than the end of the following semes­ter, recognizing that the burden of proof is on the student.

E.2  First Filing of the Grievance    The student will submit a written statement of the matter under dispute, with any supporting material, to the chair of the department of the faculty member con­cerned (or to the Academic Affairs Office if the dispute is with the chair), with a copy sent to the faculty member.

E.3  Attempt at Informal Resolution    Within seven (7) days the chair will review the dis­pute, consulting with the faculty member and student concerned with other department members as appropri­ate, and will attempt to settle the dispute.  If agreement is reached at this level, the process ends.  If either party does not accept the recommendation of the chair, the chair will forward all material in­cluding his or her recommendation to the Dean of the Faculty.

E.4  Review    The Dean will review the material submitted and will determine whether or not further consideration of the matter could be fruitful.  If the decision is that it would not be fruitful, the Dean will render a final decision.  If he or she deems that further consider­ation is needed, the matter will be referred to the Academic Review Board to act as a conciliator between the student and the faculty member involved.

E.5  Membership of Panel and Method of Selecting Panel    The Academic Review Board shall consist of the Associate Dean of Academic Services (acting as chair), two members of the Faculty Affairs Committee, and the chair of the student Academic Affairs Council or his or her appointee.

E.6  Hearing    The Academic Review Board will hear the evidence of both the student and the faculty member on the matter.      

E.7  Decision    The Academic Review Board shall, within two weeks of being convened, communicate its recommendations to the Dean with copies to the student, faculty member, and chair involved.  The Dean will then render a decision which will be final.

E.8  Administrative Review    If a student has a disagreement with regard to more than one individual decision with a faculty member, or if the student believes the faculty member has committed a breach of professional ethics, this may be conveyed to the chair or to the Academic Affairs Office by the student or through the department representative for administrative review.