Process upgrade

Process upgrade

June 28, 2021

28 June 2021

A university student who had completed two years of courses applied for late withdrawal because of a previously undiagnosed mental illness.

A university student who had completed two years of courses applied for late withdrawal because of a previously undiagnosed mental illness. She sought our help after the university’s academic appeals committee denied her request and she was given a failing grade. Our review of the committee’s decision identified issues with its processes and the handling of the student’s complaint. As a result, the student’s “F” grade was replaced with “withdrawn,” and the university began addressing the problems we identified with its appeals process.

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