NUMBER:		STAF 6.30
SECTION:	Division of Student Affairs

SUBJECT:	Grievance Policy -- Academic

LATEST REVISION:	July 1, 1994

DATE:		June 1, 1992 (formerly STAF 8.06)

Policy for:	Columbia Campus
Procedure for:	Columbia Campus
Autorized by:	Dennis A. Pruitt
Issued by:	Housing
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     GRIEVANCE POLICY - ACADEMIC
     
     The procedures herein shall not extend to matters of grading student 
     work where the substance of a complaint is simply the student's 
     disagreement with the mark or grade placed on his work.  Such matters
     shall be discussed by a student and his/her teacher; final authority
     shall remain with the teacher.
     
     Each college or school shall establish a grievance committee of 
     appropriate size.  The unit will determine student representation 
     (if any) and the manner of selection, provided that students do not 
     constitute a majority.  The dean shall not serve as a member.  All
     aggrieved students must deal first with the faculty member concerned 
     and then with the appropriate departmental, program, or area head; 
     and finally, with the designated person in the dean's office.
     
     A grievance will be referred to the college committee if either the 
     student or the faculty member concerned has not been satisfied with 
     previous administrative action.  In each college, the faculty must 
     approve the procedures to be followed in handling student grievances.
     The implementation of a grievance committee's recommendations shall 
     be in accordance with procedures established by a college.
     
     A faculty member who feels that he/she has been aggrieved as a result
     of student grievance proceedings has the right to appear before the 
     Faculty Grievance Committee and present his/her case to the committee.
     
     The basis of a student grievance shall be a violation of Teaching 
     Responsibility policies contained in the Faculty Manual or a 
     violation of the policies on Protection of Freedom Expression, or 
     Protection Against Improper  Disclosure, as stated in the 
     Carolina Community.
     
     
     
     

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