University of Hawai`i at Manoa Academic Grievance Procedure
The university’s commitment to academic quality and integrity, as well as to academic freedom, rest upon honesty and fairness in all aspects of scholarly endeavor. Faculty must test, grade, and review student work in a manner that is fair and reasonable and students must maintain scholastic honesty beyond reproach. Disputes that arise about fairness and honesty are best resolved through open and sincere communication among all parties—students, faculty, committees, and administrators. This document on academic concerns addresses procedures for resolving informal and formal academic grievances.
It is the policy of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM), that faculty and students of UHM be provided consistent and equitable treatment in resolving disputes arising from the academic relationship between faculty and student(s). The applicability of this policy is limited to those issues directly associated and concomitant with the faculty member’s responsibilities as a teacher and the students’ responsibilities as a learner [note sections I and II, below]. For matters involving alleged academic dishonesty the Student Conduct Code should be consulted. This policy, with included procedural provisions, is established by the Vice President for Student Affairs with the concurrence of the Faculty Senate, the Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘i (ASUH), and the Graduate Student Organization (GSO).
Information on the Academic Grievance Procedure is available from the Dean of Students, who is the campus administrator responsible for facilitating the grievance process described below. Students enrolled in the professional schools of law and medicine are not governed by this procedure. Law and medical students have access to academic grievance procedures established by their schools and they may seek redress through those procedures. Decisions reached through University academic grievance procedures shall be considered final within the UHM.
Copies of the Academic Grievance Procedures are available from the Office of the Dean of Students and a copy is posted on the University web site at http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/students/academic_grievance/
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***Advice or assistance on matters related to these procedures is available from the Office of the Dean of Students in Student Services Center 409 or at V/TT 956-3290. Please direct questions to the Dean of Students or arrange an appointment by contacting Ms. Yvonne Kaya.
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