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2.9 - Academic Appeals

Updated: 4/30/2025

Faculty are ultimately responsible for evaluating student progress in their courses.  If a student feels he or she has received a prejudiced or capricious evaluation by an instructor, and if he or she is unable to resolve the matter by conference through the appropriate chain of command (course instructor → program director → departmental chair → Director of Student Affairs), the student may request an academic appeal hearing.  The student may submit an appeal to the College of Allied Health Academic Appeals Board or respective college offering the course. The links below outline the process for an appeal and the Office of Student Services will assist the student to locate information regarding the appeal process. 

The Academic Appeals policy is available:

2.9.1 - Student Rights in Academic Appeals ProcessUpdated: 4/30/2025

Students have rights and obligations to participate fully in the educational process; to provide input as appropriate regarding their educational and professional roles; and to seek information and clarification of actions that affect them.  Both the Health Sciences Center and College of Allied Health student handbooks include policies on the protection of student rights. 

The Department believes that all participation, comment, query, and debate by students and faculty should be characterized by honesty, common courtesy, respect for the dignity of all concerned, and a keen sense of the rights of others. 

The responsibility for academic evaluation rests with the faculty.  If a student feels they were evaluated by an instructor in a prejudiced or capricious manner, and is unable to resolve the matter first by speaking to the instructor followed by consultation with the program director then departmental chair, the student may elect to pursue the academic appeal process, as described in the CAH Student Handbook – Academic Policies.  Any student evaluation that occurs during the term must be appealed within 10 University business days after the evaluation is given to the student.  An appeal of an end-of-term evaluation must be initiated by February 15 for the previous fall semester or winter intersession and by September 15 for the previous spring semester, spring intersession or summer term. See CAH Student Handbook for complete details of this process. 


 

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