Grievances
The Academic Judiciary Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Committee
on Academic Standing and Appeals in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
consider students' complaints of arbitrary, capricious, malicious, or otherwise improper
actions related to grading and other evaluations, assignments, examinations, other
requirements for credit, and any other academic matters. While such grievances are
most often brought by students against instructors, the committees consider grievances
involving any member of the academic community on the West Campus. The committees,
however, cannot intervene in matters covered by the procedures set forth in the Policies
of the Board of Trustees, the Rules for the Maintenance of Public Order, or the collective
bargaining agreements between New York State and the United University Professions
(the faculty-staff union) or GSEU (the Graduate Student Employees Union).
The committees consider only charges of clearly improper academic practices; they
will not intervene in disagreements about an instructor's intellectual judgment. Grievances
should be brought to a committee only after students or others have unsuccessfully
pursued other avenues of redress, such as discussion with the instructor, the undergraduate
program director, and department chairperson. Grievances should be put in writing,
including all pertinent details, and should be submitted using the online reporting
form found on the academic integrity website within one month of the alleged impropriety.
Further information about academic grievance procedures may be obtained from the Division
of Undergraduate Education (631-632-7080). For the College of Engineering and Applied
Sciences' academic grievance procedures, contact the College of Engineering and Applied
Sciences Undergraduate Student Office (631-632-8381).