Common use of Grades Clause in Contracts

Grades. The University and the AAUP-WSU agree that the individual Bargaining Unit Faculty Member retains the authority to make the final determination of the grade to be awarded to each student in his or her class. 7.2.1 If the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member cannot be contacted, there is a conflict of interest, or extraordinary circumstances serve to make the grade inappropriate, the Chair, Xxxx, or a xxxxxxx may change a grade awarded by a Bargaining Unit Faculty Member. A grade may also be changed in accordance with specific academic policies set by the Faculty Senate or in response to a petition submitted by the student, providing that such changes are not in conflict with provisions of this Agreement. Before a grade is changed in response to a petition submitted by the student, the Member will be given an opportunity to make a recommendation regarding the anticipated or requested change. 7.2.1.1 Changing a grade to A, B, C, D, F, P U, or X requires consent of the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member who awarded the grade or, under extraordinary circumstances, consent of other NTE or TET Bargaining Unit Faculty in the Department. The Bargaining Unit Faculty Member whose grade was changed under such extraordinary circumstances and the AAUP-WSU will receive written notification of the change within two weeks after the decision to change the grade. 7.2.2 A Bargaining Unit Faculty Member shall explain a grade to a student who requests such explanation during the regular office hours. 7.2.3 Bargaining Unit Faculty Members will schedule examinations, papers, or other components of the grade for each undergraduate course in a manner that will give students feedback and allow them to make informed judgments about their progress during the first half of the course (no later than the end of the seventh week of each Fall or Spring semester, the third week of each six-week summer term, and the mid-point of differently scheduled classes). In those graduate and advanced undergraduate courses wherein it is not feasible to comply with this requirement, Bargaining Unit Faculty Members will include a statement to that effect in the course syllabus. 7.2.4 Bargaining Unit Faculty shall turn in all course grades as soon as possible and no later than 12:00 noon of the third working day after the University’s last scheduled examination period. This deadline shall only be extended in the event that the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member is unable to turn in the grades due to illness or unforeseen emergency. 7.2.5 For at least one year after they have issued grades for a course, Bargaining Unit Faculty Members shall retain (in electronic or written form) any of the following items that were used in determining those grades: grade records, progress reports, and attendance records.

Grades. The University and the AAUP-WSU agree that the individual Bargaining Unit Faculty Member retains the authority to make the final determination of the grade to be awarded to each student in his or her class. Grades in School of Medicine courses taught by Bargaining Unit Faculty Members shall be based on test questions written by the faculty teaching the course and other components determined by the Course Oversight Committee. 7.2.1 If the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member cannot be contacted, there is a conflict of interest, or extraordinary circumstances serve to make the grade inappropriate, the Chair, Xxxx, or a xxxxxxx may change a grade awarded by a Bargaining Unit Faculty Member. A grade may also be changed in accordance with specific academic policies set by the Faculty Senate or in response to a petition submitted by the student, providing that such changes are not in conflict with provisions of this Agreement. Before a grade is changed in response to a petition submitted by the student, the Member will be given an opportunity to make a recommendation regarding the anticipated or requested change. 7.2.1.1 Changing a grade to A, B, C, D, F, P or U, or X however, requires consent of the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member who awarded the grade or, under extraordinary circumstances, consent of other NTE or TET Bargaining Unit Faculty in the Department. The Bargaining Unit Faculty Member whose grade was changed under such extraordinary circumstances and the AAUP-WSU will receive written notification of the change within two weeks after the decision to change the grade. 7.2.2 A Bargaining Unit Faculty Member shall explain a grade to a student who requests such explanation during the regular office hours. 7.2.3 Bargaining Unit Faculty Members will schedule examinations, papers, or other components of the grade for each undergraduate course in a manner that will give students feedback and allow them to make informed judgments about their progress during the first half of the course (no later than prior to the end of the seventh week of each Fall or Spring semester, the third week of each six-week summer term, and the mid-point of differently scheduled classes)quarter. In those graduate and advanced undergraduate courses wherein it is not feasible to comply with this requirement, Bargaining Unit Faculty Members will include a statement to that effect in the course syllabus. 7.2.4 Bargaining Unit Faculty shall turn in all course grades as soon as possible and no later than 12:00 noon of the third working day after the University’s last scheduled examination period. This deadline shall only be extended in the event that the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member is unable to turn in the grades due to illness or unforeseen emergency. 7.2.5 For at least one year after they have issued grades for a course, Bargaining Unit Faculty Members shall retain (in electronic or written form) any of the following items that were used in determining those grades: grade records, progress reports, and attendance records.

Grades. The University and the AAUP-WSU agree that the individual Bargaining Unit Faculty Member retains the authority to make the final determination of the grade to be awarded to each student in his or her class. 7.2.1 If the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member cannot be contacted, there is a conflict of interest, or extraordinary circumstances serve to make the grade inappropriate, the Chair, Xxxx, or a xxxxxxx may change a grade awarded by a Bargaining Unit Faculty Member. A grade may also be changed in accordance with specific academic policies set by the Faculty Senate or in response to a petition submitted by the student, providing that such changes are not in conflict with provisions of this Agreement. Before a grade is changed in response to a petition submitted by the student, the Member will be given an opportunity to make a recommendation regarding the anticipated or requested change. 7.2.1.1 Changing a grade to A, B, C, D, F, P U, or X requires consent of the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member who awarded the grade or, under extraordinary circumstances, consent of other NTE or TET Bargaining Unit Faculty in the Department. The Bargaining Unit Faculty Member whose grade was changed under such extraordinary circumstances and the AAUP-WSU will receive written notification of the change within two weeks after the decision to change the grade. 7.2.2 A Bargaining Unit Faculty Member shall explain a grade to a student who requests such explanation during the regular office hours. 7.2.3 Bargaining Unit Faculty Members will schedule examinations, papers, or other components of the grade for each undergraduate course in a manner that will give students feedback and allow them to make informed judgments about their progress during the first half of the course (no later than the end of the seventh week of each Fall or Spring semester, the third week of each six-week summer term, and the mid-point of differently scheduled classes). In those graduate and advanced undergraduate courses wherein it is not feasible to comply with this requirement, Bargaining Unit Faculty Members will include a statement to that effect in the course syllabus. 7.2.4 Bargaining Unit Faculty shall turn in all course grades as soon as possible and no later than 12:00 12: 00 noon of the third working day after the University’s last scheduled examination period. This deadline shall only be extended in the event that the Bargaining Unit Faculty Member is unable to turn in the grades due to illness or unforeseen emergency. 7.2.5 For at least one year after they have issued grades for a course, Bargaining Unit Faculty Members shall retain (in electronic or written form) any of the following items that were used in determining those grades: grade records, progress reports, and attendance records.