Department of Economics(March 8, 1975) While the Department hopes that all disputes concerning grades can be settled by direct discussion between the two parties involved - the faculty member and the student - to their mutual satisfaction, this obviously is an unrealistic expectation. In most cases where this is not possible, students with a complaint should see the Chairman, the Associate Chairman, or a counselor in the Department, who shall inform the student to submit the complaint to the Chairman in writing. Should the Chairman determine that the primary issues involves the allegation of cheating, the Chairman shall encourage the student to take the case to the Academic Judiciary to have that issue resolved. In the event the student makes an appeal to the LS&A Office of Student Academic Affairs, the matter is referred to the Department with the same result. The Department's Grade Appeal procedures have been publicized in the Executive Committee's minutes which are posted on the bulletin board. The Department does not solicit and encourage such complaints, as it has already placed an enormous amount of administrative responsibility on its faculty and does not want to create an automatic review for every student who is unhappy with his/her grade. The student's written complaint is sent to an ad hoc committee, consisting of the elected faculty and the two student members of the Executive Committee. The elected faculty member with the longest unserved term serves as the non-voting chairman of the ad hoc committee. The complainant selects a student of his/her own choice also to serve on the ad hoc committee, so there are three faculty and three student voting members on the Review Committee. The ad hoc committee has hearings with the student and the instructor present, gathers all the evidence believed necessary, and draws up a report which is submitted to the Chairman of the Department. The Chairman makes a judgment on the basis of the ad hoc committee's report and attempts to achieve a satisfactory conclusion to the problem within the Department. In those cases where the committee firmly establishes the fact of cheating, it will normally recommend that the instructor turn the case over to the LS&A Academic Judiciary. If cheating is alleged but not firmly established, the committee may urge the student to take the case to the Academic Judiciary. The student may still appeal that decision to the Administrative Board, but the Administrative Board will have received the report of the ad hoc committee of the Department and will be able to judge if the departmental Review Committee has acted properly in handling the student's complaint. Did
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