If the student elects to continue the appeal after the chair’s decision or recommendation has been received, he or she may take the matter to the dean of the appropriate academic unit (or the dean’s designee) within seven calendar days.
The dean shall ascertain within 30 calendar days whether the appeal procedures at the first and second levels have been duly followed; if they have not, he or she will require that they be followed before taking further action.
The appeals committee shall consist of three faculty members chosen by the dean or the dean’s designee. The dean or designee shall serve on the appeals committee as chairperson without vote. All deliberations of the committee will be closed and confidential.
Faculty from the same department as the faculty member involved in the case may not serve on the appeals committee.
The appeals committee should meet as soon as possible, but no later than 30 calendar days after a written, dated request for appeal at this level has been received and the Dean has ascertained that appeal procedures at the first and second levels have been duly followed. The presence of all eligible committee members (the three faculty members and the dean or designee) shall constitute the quorum.
A written recommendation shall be furnished by the appeals committee and transmitted through the office of the dean to all affected parties within seven calendar days after the conclusion of the committee’s deliberations.
The decision of the appeals committee is final.