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University Appeals & Grievances Progress Report - Policy Update

Detailed overview of university Appeal and Grievance procedures, panel composition, confidentiality obligations, and communication protocols to ensure fair resolution. The report emphasizes the importance of compliance with procedures and confidentiality.

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University Appeals & Grievances Progress Report - Policy Update

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  1. Appeals & Grievances WG:Progress Report Susan McIntosh (ex officio) Don Morrison Randy Stevenson Moshe Vardi (chair)

  2. By-Laws: • Appeals: “any matter where the concern is whether proper university procedures have been followed, including decisions on promotion and tenure” • Grievances: “regarding any matter of concern except decisions on promotion and tenure” • Panels: “A majority of the members of a Panel must be members of the Senate” • Confidentiality: “administrator may need to discuss with other administrators”

  3. Policy clarifications: • Terminology: • Appeals: decisions of P&T Committee • Grievances: everything else • Procedural issues: • University procedure not followed • University procedure implemented in a biased or unreasonable manner • Cooperation: all university units are obliged to provide convenor with requested information • Report will spell out instances of non-compliance • Confidentiality: all parties involved, including administrators, are obliged to maintain confidentiality.

  4. Staffing Panels • Panels: • Allow non-senator members • At least one senator, but no majority of senators needed. • Role of convenor: • Staff and convene panels • Need not chair panels • Use panel’s report to prepare separate reports to President and appellant

  5. Communicating with panels • Other parties: Allow interested and informed parties to communicate directly to panels to enable appeals to be launched based on confidential information not available to appellants. • Appellant may not have access to confidential information. • Mid-process intervention: Allow interested and informed parties to raise procedural issues with convenor duringP&T process; convenor will convey to provost. • Try to resolve situations as early as possible.

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