Student Academic Rights and Responsibilities Student Academic Rights and Responsibilities Western Michigan University defines the issues of academic evaluation, academic honesty, conduct in academic research and academic policy application as matters of academic conduct. The following policies and procedures shall apply to all matters of student academic conduct. Student performance will be evaluated solely on academic criteria, as specified by the instructor in class or on the course outline in accordance with departmental, college, and University policy.
Students have protection against prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation.
Students are free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion and interpretation, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. Students will be informed by the faculty about course requirements, evaluation procedures, and the academic criteria to be used in each class. This information will be provided in writing at the beginning of the semester or sufficiently in advance of actual evaluation. Students have the right to have all their examinations and other graded material made available to them with an explanation of the grading criteria. Faculty are not required to return such material to the student but must provide reasonable access.