Academic Appeals Committee

Revision Date: last revision April 2011, August 2012, September 2022.

Purpose: To provide a level of appeal for all students on academic matters.

Membership: Voting committee membership shall consist of two faculty members with graduate teaching status from each college and one at-large faculty, all selected by the Faculty Senate. (At least one faculty member shall be a Faculty Senator, but Faculty Senators should not hold a majority of faculty membership on the committee.) Two students with junior standing or higher and two graduate students, with no two from the same college, selected by the Student Government Association and the Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education and Student Success or the Director of the Graduate School. A member from the Office of Retention & Academic Advising appointed by the Associate Provost shall be a nonvoting ex officio member. The term of service for faculty members shall be two years. These terms shall be non-successive, and half of the faculty members will be replaced yearly. The term of service for the students shall be one year, with possible selection for an additional year.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• To serve as an appeals committee for those students who have been dropped from the University for failure to meet academic standards.
• To serve as an appeals committee for student academic grievances and/or academic misconduct cases.
• To implement, strictly monitor, and recommend revisions of approved criteria and procedures for academic appeals.

Officers: Co-Chairs - Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education and Student Success and the Director of the Graduate School (for graduate student appeals) who shall vote only in case of a tie. If one of the Co-Chairs is not available for their respective committee meeting, the other co-chair will preside over that meeting.

Frequency of Meetings: Minimum of twice a semester.

Reporting Channels: Appeal decisions are reported to the student, Associate Provost, or Director of the Graduate School. Proposed revisions in approved criteria, policies, and procedures must be approved by the Provost and reported to the Faculty Senate.

Minutes & Proposals Copied to: The Library, Faculty Senate, Student Government Association, and Staff Congress. (Published minutes should protect the confidentiality of students and employees.)

Support Services: The office of the Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education and Student Success or the Office of the Director of the Graduate School shall provide administrative support.

MEMBERSHIP

The procedure for resignation from a University Standing Committee is written notification to the University Standing Committee chairperson, Faculty Senate secretary, and the faculty member’s Department Chair. In the absence of a University Standing Committee Chairperson, the notification may be sent to the Faculty Senate secretary and the faculty member’s Department Chair.

• Thomas Pappas HUM 2023-2025
• Fei Jia HUM 2024-2026
• Kurt Gibbs COS 2023-2025
• John Waite COS 2024-2026
• Casey Cosgriff COE 2024-2026
• Kimberlee Sharp COE 2023-2025
• Mee Shon COE 2023-2025
• Jon Musgrave CBT 2024-2026
• Monica Himes At Large 2023-2025
• Kim Fatten CBT 2024-2026
• VACANT student COS 1-year term
• VACANT student CBT 1-year term
• VACANT student COE 1-year term
• Makenzie Price, student HUM 1-year term
• Madison Dennis, Office of First Year Programs and Academic Services ex-officio
• Chris Schroeder, Interim Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education and Student Success (for undergraduate student appeals), position filled (co-chair)
• Susan Maxey, Director Graduate School (for graduate student appeals), position filled, ex-officio

*All 1-year terms end Aug. 15 of each fiscal year.