Each faculty member is expected to maintain sufficient scheduled office hours to accommodate the students who want consultation. The responsibility for academic advising and counseling is divided between the teaching faculty and the offices of the academic deans. The advising of entering students is coordinated with the Orientation Program conducted by the Office of the Dean of Students prior to fall semester registration. The faculty and the deans of undergraduate schools have devised special programs to give academic advice to students during their first year or two at the University. After a student selects a major, the departmental or school faculty involved perform the advising functions.
Faculty are responsible for fair grading practices.
They must announce at the beginning of each semester's classes the basis for grading that will be in effect for each class. Faculty are responsible for submitting grades in a timely manner, in most schools within forty- eight hours of the examination. Final examination papers must be retained long enough for students to receive and react to their grades, i.e., until the start of the next registration period. Student examination files must be retained for one year after the term for which the grade was received, or until resolution of pending or ongoing litigation, claims, or audit reviews. When a faculty member is unable to meet a class, arrangements must be made for alternative coverage, or the class must be rescheduled.