Student Grievance Procedure

Review of Procedures
Exhaustion
Procedures

Review of Procedures

The following procedures are available to any student at KUSM-Wichita who wishes to seek review of any conflict existing between the student and a member of the faculty. The only disputes to which these procedures shall not apply are those which might result in the suspension or dismissal of the student. For these more serious conflicts, more expansive procedures will be made available.

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Exhaustion

No student may invoke the following procedure until he/she has made a good faith effort initially to resolve the conflict with the faculty member in question, and then with the chairperson of the department to which the faculty member is appointed.

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Procedures

If the student has exhausted the steps set forth in the paragraph above, but remains unsatisfied with the resolution of the conflict, he or she may seek the involvement of the dean of the Wichita campus* in which he or she is enrolled. If a student so raises a grievance with the dean, the following procedure shall be followed:

Within one week of being notified of the grievance, the dean shall appoint a grievance committee. The committee shall consist of several members, three of whom shall be full-time students and three of whom shall be full-time faculty members of the school in which the student is enrolled. Committee members shall be selected on a random basis, except for the chair, who shall be appointed by the dean. The chair shall vote only in the case of a tie. No one directly involved in the conflict shall serve on the grievance committee.

• The committee shall meet within two weeks of its appointment to hear evidence of the conflict. No formal rules of evidence shall be relied upon, and all parties to the conflict shall be given ample opportunity to present their respective arguments. All parties shall also have the opportunity to hear, question and challenge adverse witnesses and documents.
• After all evidence has been heard, the committee shall prepare a written summary of the hearing, and its contents shall be agreed upon in writing by the parties to the conflict. This written summary need not be a verbatim record.
• The committee shall forward to the dean the written summary and a written recommended course of action based solely upon the written summary.
• The dean shall then notify the student in writing of this decision on the matter. This notification should normally take place within one week of the date on which the dean receives the Committee’s summary and recommendation.

* If it should occur that no dean or acting dean of the school is serving at the time the student wishes to invoke the procedure(s), the executive vice chancellor shall serve in lieu of the dean.

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