2021-2022 Student Handbook

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Grade Appeals

A student has four weeks after a final grade is issued to appeal that grade. The appeals process is as follows:

  1. The student must meet with the particular instructor to challenge the grade. Should the outcome be unsatisfactory to the student, the Dean of Instruction should be provided with a written explanation from the student, justifying the request for an appeal.
  2. If the Dean of Instruction is unable to resolve the matter between the instructor and the student, the instructor or the student may appeal in writing through the Vice Chancellor for Student Services to the Grade Appeals Committee. The Grade Appeals Committee will then receive a copy of the written request for appeal.
  3. The Grade Appeals Committee will consist of four instructors, an advisor, and two students. The two students and the advisor are appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Student Services. The instructors are appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Academics, or designee.

    Each party to the grade appeal may speak for him or herself, or be represented by an SAU Tech employee. No other persons, other than the student, the SAU Tech employee in question, Vice Chancellor for Student Services (or designee), recorder, committee members, or SAU Tech employee representing either party will be allowed to attend the hearing. Any procedural disputes arising during the hearing shall be settled by a majority vote of the committee members. The person filing the request for hearing shall present written evidence and speak first. The other side will present second. Each side will then be given an opportunity to sum up its position in the order in which the evidence was presented. This is an internal due process procedure, not a court of law; therefore attorneys shall not be present.

  4. The Student and the instructor must be advised that the decision of the Grade Appeals Committee is final. The committee should request all pertinent materials for the grade in question. Notes on the proceedings must be made and filed with the Vice Chancellor for Student Services. The Committee chairperson shall inform the Vice Chancellor for Student Services of the decision in writing utilizing voting ballots, and the Vice Chancellor will inform both the instructor and the student of the decision.
  5. If the committee decides that the grade should be changed, the instructor will change the grade in the registrar’s office, according to the committee’s decision. The Committee’s decision will be final.