Proposed changes to D176
Comment period runs October 21, 2021 through November 24, 2021. Please send comments to for the Office of the University Secretary to collect and submit to the appropriate committees.
The Policy is being revised to:
- Align main campus and HSC appeal processes for graduate and professional students as requested by HSC and the Office of University Counsel. This revision removes one extra appeal step for HSC students and has the endorsement of the leadership at HSC.
- Address graduate student complaints, reservations, and reluctance to initiate the first two informal steps (3.2.2 and 3.2.3) of the grievance process because they view the steps as placing them back in a situation that is the root of the alleged grievance. Others have noted conflicts of interest, whereby the faculty member might also serve as the graduate director and/or chair (addressed in section 3.3). The revised draft contains solutions that were proposed and approved by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and the Policy Committee.
- Update the title of the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) to Office of Compliance, Ethics, and Equal Opportunity (CEEO).