The Graduate School
Grievances
Graduate students have the right to seek redress of any grievance related to academic or nonacademic matters. Every effort should be made to resolve grievances informally between the student and the faculty member involved or with the assistance of the graduate adviser, Graduate Studies Committee chair, or department chair. If the grievance cannot be resolved informally, students have recourse to the formal grievance procedures listed below:
- Academic grievances of graduate students are handled by the Graduate School.
- For nonacademic issues that deal primarily with misconduct, contact Student
Judicial Services in the Office of the Dean of Students. Student Judicial
Services is responsible for investigating alleged violations of institutional
rules and for implementing the discipline process.
- For grievances related to employment, review the information on Employee
Relations in the Office of Human Resources.
- Employment grievances for Teaching Assistants and Assistant
Instructors are outlined in Chapter
4,Section 4.03 of the Handbook of Operating Procedures.
- The Office of the Ombudsman provides services to the university's student body by assisting students who have "university-related complaints of a non-legal nature." Such assistance includes, but is not limited to, conducting an impartial investigation of concerns, offering neutral advice, and providing mediation.