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Academic RegulationsAnd ProceduresAcademic HonestyAcademic Grievance PolicyAffairs shall ask WCSA to select an alternate who shall serve as a substitute with votingpower.g. In determining the penalty for a second offense, “one semester” is taken to mean asemester during the regular academic year. Thus a penalty of suspension of one semester,incurred during a summer session, would be enforced during the following semester.AcademicGrievance PolicyMembership in the Ohio Wesleyan community requires a devotion to the highest principles ofacademic and personal integrity, a commitment to maintain honor, and continuous regard for therights of others. There can be no rights without individual responsibility.Ohio Wesleyan assumes that its faculty is composed of mature and conscientious individuals,committed to teaching and learning as a career and a profession. Each teacher is presumed todevelop and use methods and techniques which enhance learning and which best fit his or herpersonality and subject matter area. At the same time, the instructor is expected to abide bythe general principles of responsible teaching, which are commonly accepted by the academicprofession.Students are free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study.While they may reserve judgement about matters of opinion, they are responsible for learning thecontent of any course in which they are enrolled.In the event of an academic grievance, all parties involved are referred to Joint Statement on Rightsand Freedoms of Students and the Complete Text of Endorsements by Sponsoring Organizations,which have been adopted by the Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs, the Faculty, and the Boardof Trustees. They are also referred to the statement on academic honesty and plagiarism, which isabove.Grievance ProcedureAny student who is convinced that his or her academic performance has been treated in aprejudicial or capricious manner or evaluated by criteria other than those appropriate to the coursehas the right to file an academic grievance. In some cases, the student may believe that directpursuit of the alleged violation by him or herself could result in prejudicial treatment of this case orin jeopardizing his or her relations with the faculty member or department involved. If this is so,the aggrieved student is urged to seek the advice of the academic advisor or other faculty member.As a result of these discussions, the student may ask a faculty or administrative staff member, notto include the President, the Provost, or the Dean of Academic Affairs, to act as intermediary inthe case. Should that person agree to act as intermediary, the same procedure should be followed aswhen students are acting in their own behalf (outlined below). It is understood that in their nature,some complaints cannot be pursued, or pursued to final solution, without the student’s name beingknown to the faculty member or department involved.In order to preserve academic freedom and still provide an avenue for appeal for a student whoseeks redress of an academic grievance, the following procedure is established. The discussion andresolution of a problem between a member of the faculty and a student or students shall followthese steps:21