Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 3934
Decision Date: December 5, 2017
Associate Dean: Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Caroline Uchida
Student Email: 15clu@queensu.ca
Dear Ms. Uchida:
I have carefully considered your request to have your appeal heard after the one-term timeline for submission. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
The appeal timeline is in place to give students sufficient time to respond to an academic decision. The one-term timeline offers students time to seek academic counseling, to write up and submit an appeal, and to collect the supporting documents necessary to the appeal. Further, the appeal timeline is in place to ensure that decision making takes place in a timely manner, allowing students to continue in their academic programs without ongoing concern for unresolved matters.
To consider appeals outside these timelines can easily compromise fair decision making. The interested parties and the original contexts within which the matter originated may not be available. Furthermore, the supporting documents necessary to any appeal may no longer be available or their credibility may more easily come into question. Therefore, the inability to reconstruct accurately the circumstances leading to the original matter under appeal can compromise the decision-making process.
Exceptions to this regulation can only be granted in cases where extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control render the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. The student must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances were ongoing. The student must also be able to demonstrate that these circumstances prevented the student from acting between the time the original decision was received and the time at which the appeal was eventually initiated. Appeals of the regulation governing the timeline for appeals must be submitted in writing. An appeal of this type should include a presentation of the specific reasons for a delay and should include any document which support the reasons for delay.
Your appeal does not confirm any documented extenuating circumstances that prevented you from submitting an appeal from May to September (2017). Your ECON 110 final grade was posted in mid-May, leaving you the entire summer to follow up with any concerns you had about your grades and options. Simply not being aware of the option to appeal a grade in a class is not a sufficient reason to warrant hearing an appeal past the academic deadline as it is the student€™s responsibility to manage their academics carefully and follow up on any concerns or issues in a timely manner. However, should you be able to produce some supporting documentation from a healthcare professional to confirm the presence of extenuating circumstances from this time frame (May to September), you may submit it via asc.appeals@queensu.ca within the next 21 days and I will review your appeal again.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsman for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Richardson Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
20013909Uchida
Decision Date: December 5, 2017
Associate Dean: Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Caroline Uchida
Student Email: 15clu@queensu.ca
Dear Ms. Uchida:
I have carefully considered your request to have your appeal heard after the one-term timeline for submission. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
The appeal timeline is in place to give students sufficient time to respond to an academic decision. The one-term timeline offers students time to seek academic counseling, to write up and submit an appeal, and to collect the supporting documents necessary to the appeal. Further, the appeal timeline is in place to ensure that decision making takes place in a timely manner, allowing students to continue in their academic programs without ongoing concern for unresolved matters.
To consider appeals outside these timelines can easily compromise fair decision making. The interested parties and the original contexts within which the matter originated may not be available. Furthermore, the supporting documents necessary to any appeal may no longer be available or their credibility may more easily come into question. Therefore, the inability to reconstruct accurately the circumstances leading to the original matter under appeal can compromise the decision-making process.
Exceptions to this regulation can only be granted in cases where extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control render the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. The student must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances were ongoing. The student must also be able to demonstrate that these circumstances prevented the student from acting between the time the original decision was received and the time at which the appeal was eventually initiated. Appeals of the regulation governing the timeline for appeals must be submitted in writing. An appeal of this type should include a presentation of the specific reasons for a delay and should include any document which support the reasons for delay.
Your appeal does not confirm any documented extenuating circumstances that prevented you from submitting an appeal from May to September (2017). Your ECON 110 final grade was posted in mid-May, leaving you the entire summer to follow up with any concerns you had about your grades and options. Simply not being aware of the option to appeal a grade in a class is not a sufficient reason to warrant hearing an appeal past the academic deadline as it is the student€™s responsibility to manage their academics carefully and follow up on any concerns or issues in a timely manner. However, should you be able to produce some supporting documentation from a healthcare professional to confirm the presence of extenuating circumstances from this time frame (May to September), you may submit it via asc.appeals@queensu.ca within the next 21 days and I will review your appeal again.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsman for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Richardson Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
20013909Uchida
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