Revision Responsibility: Dean of Nursing

Responsible Executive Office: President

Purpose: To designate responsibility for student grades and changes in those grades.

Policy:

I. The faculty member teaching a course is responsible for the assignment of student grades in that course.

II. If the faculty member is no longer associated with the institution or if the grade can be shown to be arbitrary, discriminatory, incorrectly calculated, or otherwise unfairly assigned, the Dean, School of Nursing or Faculty Coordinator of Foundational Liberal Arts may recommend a grade change to be approved by the President.

Procedures:

I. If an error has been made in the award of a grade, the faculty member will submit a completed Request to Change Grade Form.

II. The faculty member may, if they believe that extenuating circumstances warrant the change, approve the change of a grade given to a student in the previous term or quarter by submitting a Request to Change Grade Form.  The faculty member and the student have until the end of the first two weeks of the following quarter to request and finalize a grade change. 

III. The Vice President of Academic Affairs may, if the faculty member cannot be contacted with reasonable effort and if they believe that extenuating circumstance warrant it, approve the change of a grade given to a student in the previous quarter.  The change should be submitted on the Request to Change Grade Form.  The President and the student have until the end of the first two weeks of the following quarter to request and finalize a grade change.

IV. Students may not do additional work to change a course grade once the quarter has ended.  Once a course had ended, students may request a grade change. Students have until the end of the first two weeks of the following quarter to request and finalize a grade change.

Revised: July 30, 2009, Revised: January 17, 2011 to reflect revised organizational chart