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Student Grievance Procedures
Procedures:
Along with its comprehensive academic and teaching goals,
Sam Houston State University emphasizes continuous improvement of
its educational enterprise, driven by the needs of the students
we serve and our universities motto "The measure of a life is it's
service." We rely on teamwork, collaboration, communication
and respect of one another to ensure the universities best practices
when providing our students with services.
Preamble:
A grievance may arise out of a decision
or action reached or taken in the course of official duty by a member
of the faculty, staff, administration, or student of Sam Houston State University
. A grievable action is defined below. The purpose of the grievance
procedures is to provide a process for an impartial review and to
ensure that the rights of students are properly recognized and protected.
In the case of academic grievances, students are directed
to the Academic Grievance Procedures for students.
Student grievances relating to Financial Aid decisions,
rules, and regulations are directed to the Financial Aid Office.
Under no circumstances will the filing of a grievance result
in retaliation by the party being grieved against or his/her Department.
I. Definition of Grievable Actions
A grievable action is an action that:
a) Is in violation of written campus policies or procedures, or
b) Constitutes arbitrary, capricious, or unequal application of
written campus policies or procedures.
The Dean of Students' Office provides
Student Grievance Services to address concerns of currently enrolled
SHSU students. The function of this service is to personally
assist students in achieving satisfactory resolutions to university
related challenges listed above. Additionally, the Dean of
Students Office makes referrals to appropriate campus departments/offices
when necessary.
To utilize this service, after consulting the SHSU Student
Guidelines, simply complete the SHSU
Student Grievance intake form , Grievance
survey and return it to the Dean of Students' office, after
which you will be contacted.
Remember, an important function Dean of
Students' Office is to serve as your advocate.
As always we are happy to hear from you!!
(Even if you just need to talk..)
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