Graduate Studies Grievance Committee

Membership of the Grievance Committee

The committee includes three graduate faculty professors from different academic areas with one specified to be the chair and two graduate students recruited from the Graduate Student Advisory Council. The chair of the committee will schedule meetings and preside during deliberations. Neither the professor nor the student will have counsel at the meetings.

Duties of the Grievance Committee

The grievance committee will review all pertinent materials before the formal meeting and convene at a convenient time for the purpose of hearing the case. The grievance committee may request oral presentations by the parties. The committee will then convene in an executive session to reach a decision in the matter. The chair of the committee will inform in writing the student, faculty member, and the provost of the decision of the committee. If a grade is to be changed, the provost will see that the proper forms are filled out in the Registrar’s Office.

The ruling of this committee is final.

Procedures for Handling Student Grievances (other than grades) with Fellow Students, Faculty, or Staff

Refer to page 60 of the HSU Student Handbook.