S t u d e n t H a n d b o o k: C o m p l a i n t s , G r i e v a n c e s , G r a d e A p p e a l s & C o d e o f C o n d u c t
discriminated against you; the grade issued was capricious in nature; the grades entered in the gradebook were incorrect; the teacher did not follow the syllabus as printed in terms of weights or point values; and as such, it caused academic injury to you as a student. Academic Injury is determined based on whether the alleged error caused the student’s grade to decrease by a full letter grade. In other words, if a Grade Appeal has to do with a grade changing in percentages (within the same grade category of “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” or “F”, the Grade Appeal will be denied. Meaning, if the change you are seeking moves your grade from a 82% to an 86%, the Grade Appeal will fail, for you were not successful in demonstrating that the alleged error had any academic injury to you, for you still received a grade of “B” in the cour se. Grade Appeals, then, are for students who can demonstrate that an alleged error in the calculation of the final grade caused the grade to drop at least one full letter grade (i.e., error caused the grade to drop from a “B” to a “C”, etc…). NOTE: Lawson State has the following Associate and Assistant Deans: The Business and Information Technologies Associate Dean, the College Transfer Associate Dean, the Health Professions Associate Dean, the Career Technical Associate Dean, and the Career Technical Assistant Dean.
How to File Your Grade Appeal
1. First gather all of the evidence you have to support your grade appeal (copy of syllabus, graded assignments, grade reports from Canvas, emails to instructor, etc…). NOTE: If you submit a Grade Appeal without any evidence, it is likely that your appeal will not be successful.
2. Logon Lawson State’s website www.lawsonstate.edu
Hover over the Current Students tab on the main webpage and select Student Resources.
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