Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3364 - University of Toledo › Chapter 3364-71 - Policy Statements Relating to Veterans Assistance, Posthumous Degree Awards and International Baccalaureate Diplomas › Section 3364-71-19 - Posthumous degree awards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy
			 statement
The university of Toledo recognizes the
				unfortunate reality that an actively enrolled student may pass away prior to
				completing their degree requirements. This policy serves as an exception to
				rule
				3364-1-09
				of the Administrative Code, which requires a student to complete all
				requirements to be eligible to be awarded a degree from the
				university.
(B)
								Purpose of policy
The university may confer posthumous
				baccalaureate, graduate and professional degrees upon students who are deceased
				prior to the formal completion of all degree requirements.
(C)
								Scope
This policy shall apply to graduate,
				professional and undergraduate degree programs.
(D)
								Eligibility for
			 posthumous degree
To be eligible to be awarded a
				university of Toledo degree posthumously, the student must have met the
				following conditions:
(1)
									At the time of death, the student was actively enrolled
			 (or on military or health-related leave), and nearing completion of the
			 requirements for awarding of the degree. For an undergraduate, "nearing
			 completion" is defined as having completed a minimum of eighty per cent of the
			 course requirements in a degree seeking program of study.
For graduate and professional students,
				"nearing completion" is defined as completion of seventy-five per cent of the
				course requirements at the time of death. In addition, for graduate students in
				programs requiring a thesis or dissertation, the graduate student must have
				commenced the research to the extent that the thesis/dissertation proposal has
				been approved, and a written portion of the thesis/dissertation beyond the
				proposal has been reviewed by the faculty advisor/committee. Graduate and
				professional students must have demonstrated evidence of the ability to
				successfully complete the degree as determined by their faculty
				advisor/committee.
The appropriate faculty, department
				chair, college dean and, in the case of graduate students, the dean of the
				college of graduate studies, will be consulted by the provost prior to making a
				recommendation to the president for board of trustees
				consideration.
(2)
									The student, undergraduate, graduate or professional,
			 was in good academic standing, was making satisfactory academic progress toward
			 degree completion as recorded on the student's transcript, and had no financial
			 and/or disciplinary holds.
If eligible as specified in paragraphs
				(D)(1) and (D)(2)  of this rule, a recommendation, with
				appropriate documentation, for the award of the posthumous degree should be
				made by the faculty in the student's major department, faculty advisor,
				department chair, college dean, provost and president; and, in the case of
				graduate students, the dean of the college of graduate studies.
Extraordinary circumstances: cases that
				do not meet the above specified criteria may be considered when extraordinary
				circumstances exist. In such cases, the provost will consult with the
				appropriate faculty within the student's program of study, department chair,
				college dean and, in the case of graduate students, the dean of the college of
				graduate studies, prior to a recommendation being approved by the president for
				board of trustees consideration.