27 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2022-23 B. Academic appeals may be brought only from final course grades or other actions that have similar finality, such as, without limitation, denial of admission to an undergraduate major or refusal to permit the continuation of an academic program. C. Academic appeals must be brought within thirty calendar days from the date that the student received notification of the action. If this action occurs within fifteen calendar days before the end of the term, the student must bring an appeal within fifteen calendar days after the beginning of the academic term (fall, spring, or summer) following the term in which the challenged action was taken. A student may petition the president or president’s designee for an extension of this timeline if circumstances prevented a timely appeal. D. Academic appeals may be brought to challenge a grade or academic decision typically on one or more of three grounds: 1) if an academic decision resulted from administrative error or from misapprehension of some material fact or circumstance, e.g., evaluation reflected an error in the examination or question itself or misread the student’s written response; 2) if an academic decision departs substantially from accepted academic standards for the discipline and the university; or 3) if circumstances suggest that an academic decision reflected the prejudiced or capricious consideration of student opinions or conduct unrelated to academic standards, of student status protected under Board policy, state or federal civil rights law or of other considerations that are inconsistent with the bona fide exercise of academic judgment. 3. Appeals Procedure A. University presidents shall be responsible for establishing appeals procedures for their campuses. B. Appeals procedures shall provide that: 1) A student who wishes to complain about a grade or academic decision shall discuss the matter first with the course instructor or the person(s) responsible for the decision. a. The instructor or academic decision-maker(s) shall listen to the student’s concerns, shall provide explanation, and shall change the grade or reconsider the decision if the student provides convincing argument for doing so. 2) If, after the discussion with the instructor or academic decision-maker, the student’s concerns remain unresolved, the student may appeal the matter to the appropriate immediate administrative superior. That person, if he or she believes that the complaint may have merit, shall discuss the matter with the instructor or decision-maker. If the matter still remains unresolved, the dispute shall be referred to the president or the president’s designee. 3) The president or the president’s designee shall make a final decision, which may include an administrative change in grade or academic status. a. If resolution of the dispute requires the resolution of a question involving academic standards, the president or the president’s designee may obtain expert recommendations concerning those standards, whether by convening a panel of faculty or by obtaining recommendations from experts from outside the university.
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