Student_Handbook

27 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2021-22 Grievance Committee within ten (10) school days after receiving the faculty chair’s/unit head’s recommendation. The proper form on which an appeal is filed can be obtained in any faculty chair’s office or in the office of the dean of the faculty. A meeting of the Grievance Committee must be convened within ten (10) and no less than five (5) school days after the appeal has been filed in the Vice President for Academic Affairs office. The committee must reach a decision within ten (10) days after its first meeting. F. The Academic Grievance Committee shall be a committee of the President and shall consist of: • the Vice President for Academic Affairs, who shall act as chairperson • one faculty member and an alternate from each undergraduate division chosen by each division faculty and • three students and three alternates chosen by the student government in existence at that time. G. The committee shall follow the procedures below: • Hearings are closed unless an open hearing is requested by both parties. • Hearings are informal, but a taped transcript shall be made and filed in the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The tape is to remain confidential, but shall be made available to the student and to the faculty member. • The faculty member and the student shall each have access to each other’s written statements prior to the hearing and have the right to offer rebuttal to each other’s comments at the hearing. • The faculty member and the student may present appropriate testimony and may be advised by a person of their choice. • During the hearing and in the presence of the faculty member and the student, the committee may request testimony from at least one consultant from the faculty member’s academic discipline. • The committee or its advisor may ask relevant questions of the faculty member and the student. The faculty member and advisor as well as the student and advisor may ask relevant questions of the committee. The committee members, the faculty member, the student and advisors may ask questions relevant to all participants’ testimony. • Any records of the faculty member or the student deemed pertinent to the appeal shall be made available to the committee upon its request. The confidentiality of these records shall be protected. • The recommendation of the committee and the reasons for it shall be reported in writing to the faculty member and the student. The report is to be received within at least ten (10) school days following the hearing. The report shall become part of the faculty member’s official file. If an action or decision of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, in the role of faculty member, is being grieved, the Vice President for Student Affairs shall act as chairperson of the committee. H. If the recommendation of the Academic Grievance Committee or the decision of the faculty member is not satisfactory to the student, a written appeal may be filed with the president of the university. The president shall meet jointly with the faculty member, the student and advisors, if desired, and shall have access to all statements, records and tapes involved. All other procedures of the committee shall be applicable to the hearing with the president. The president shall report all recommendations in writing to the faculty member, the student, and the Academic Grievance Committee within ten (10) school days following the hearing.