Academic Appeals
Every college and university has a process for students to file an appeal (sometimes called a GRIEVANCE) to challenge a grade or other adverse decision, such as SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL, based on the student’s claim that the grade, suspension or dismissal is unfair.
Title IX Sexual Misconduct
Since 2011 every college and university in the United States has adopted rules for discipline of students accused of sexual misconduct which in many ways presume the accused student to be guilty and require the student to, in effect, prove his (or her) innocence.
K-12 Student Appeals
Students, and their parent, in K-12, in both public and private schools, face a challenging array of problems that can jeopardize a student’s educational opportunities as well as the student’s right to fair treatment.
K-12 Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities often struggle to obtain the appropriate opportunity to maximize their individual potential in public and private schools.
Faculty & Admin Due Process
Being a graduate of the KU School of Education, 1970, I have had occasion to wonder how I might have enjoyed a career in teaching.
Medical Student Appeals
Medical residents are subject to both academic style evaluation of their clinical knowledge and skills as well as their adherence to standards of conduct within and outside of the medical school or teaching hospital that administers their residency program.