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TO: Members of the Education Council
FROM: Suzanne Rose, MD, MSEd
SUBJECT: Revised Appeals Process
DATE: 3/18/13
CC:
MEMORANDUM
Overview: The current process for students to appeal decisions related to course grades,
remediation programs, promotion and dismissal is overly cumbersome, puts an unfair onus on
the student to move throughout the structure, and permits the Student Evaluation and Appeals
Review Committee (SEARC) to overturn recommendations of the Course Grading Committee
(CGC) without those recommendations going through the Academic Advancement Committee
(AAC). (Current process is reflected in Diagram 1)
We are presenting you with the following:
Diagram 1: current cumbersome process
Diagram 2: proposed streamlined process
Revised appeals process narrative
Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Education
AG050-­‐MC 1922
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030
(p) 860-­‐679-­‐2385
(f) 860-­‐679-­‐1053
Action needed: Approval of the recommended appeal process – diagram 2 and narrative
Highlights of the New Appeals Process
• Only two levels of appeals in the revised structure
• Second level of appeals process now involves the creation of an ad hoc committee that
combines the CGC and the AAC – this is more fair as there will be representation from
both committees
Education Council
March 21, 2013
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