handbook2015-2016-1

Prior to filing an official grade appeal, the
student must meet with the course faculty
member to review how the faculty arrived at
the final grade. If after the meeting with the
faculty the student wishes to pursue filing a
final grade appeal, the following procedures
shall be followed.
To appeal a grade, the student shall:
• Student must file the Final Grade Appeal
Form (Attachment A), available on-line
(www.ttuhsc.edu/son/current), within
three (3) business days, of the date the
final grade is posted in Banner. The
Final Grade Appeal Form is to be file
with the Associate Academic Dean for
Education Support Services and Student
Affairs (ADESSA). All documents to
support the appeal must accompany the
Final Grade Appeal Form. Documents
received after the log-in date of the Final
Grade Appeal Form will not be accepted.
• The ADESSA will forward the appeal
and all supporting documents to the
appropriate programmatic Associate
Dean/Department Chair.
• The Associate Dean/Department Chair
shall meet with the faculty and student
separately and review all materials
pertinent to the grade appeal.
• After review of all materials, the
Associate Dean/Department Chair
shall, within five (5) business days from
receipt of the formal grade appeal,
render a decision. The student shall be
notified of the decision via certified mail
and/or electronic correspondence to
the student’s TTUHSC email address. A
copy of the decision is forwarded to the
ADESSSA. The grade appeal decision
is deemed received by the student
when properly mailed and addressed
to the official address on file with the
university or received electronically by
the student at his/her TTUHSC email
address. It is the student’s responsibility
to keep the university advised of any
change in contact information such as
email or mailing address.
• The decision on the academic
substantive review by the appropriate
Programmatic Associate Dean/
Department Chair is final.
• All records related to the appeal are
retained by the office of the ADESSA for
a period of three (3) years.
• The student may only appeal issues of
procedural due process to the ADESSA.
Procedural Appeal Process
• The student may file an appeal on
procedural grounds following receipt of
the final decision on the appeal of the
grade. A procedural appeal should be
filed with the ADESSA within two (2)
business days of the student receiving
the Associate Dean/Department Chair’s
decision on the grade appeal. Students
are to file Request Form (Attachment B)
available online (www.ttuhsc.edu/son/
current).
• Upon review of all materials and
meeting with the student, Associate
Dean/Department Chair and faculty,
the ADESSA shall render a decision
on the procedural appeal with three
(3) business day from receipt of the
Procedural Appeal.
• The decision of the ADESSA will be sent
to the student via certified mail and/
or electronic correspondence to the
student’s TTUHSC e-mail address. The
decision of the ADESSA is final.
• All records will be retained in the office
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