School of Health Professions and Studies

Academic Standards Committee

Policies and Procedures

Authority and Function

The SHPS Academic Standards Committee (ASC) acts for the SHPS governing faculty in matters relating to academic standards. Consistent with Regents By-Laws, Section 5.03 and the Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Governance of the University of Michigan, its jurisdiction is the academic program, including general education, of students who have been admitted to SHPS.

The function of this committee is the maintenance of academic standards of SHPS. The committee will meet as necessary to review student petitions and related matters and shall act for the SHPS governing faculty to review those academic deficiencies which fall below UM-Flint minimum standards.

Students from SHPS programs with established policies and procedures to determine academic discipline are under the jurisdiction of their respective departments unless the students’ academic performance falls below the UM-Flint minimum standards.

Students Under SHPS Jurisdiction

A student under the jurisdiction of these policies and procedures is one who: (1) is admitted directly to a SHPS program upon acceptance to UM-F; or (2) has completed the official intra-campus transfer process.

Actions Requiring a Student Petition submitted to the SHPS ASC

1. Adding a course past the deadline.

2. Dropping a course past the deadline.

3. Withdrawing from a term/disenroll from a course after the term has ended.

4. Register for more than 18 credit hours.

5. Waiving a general education or other course requirement outside of the

professional curriculum.

Procedure for Filing and Reviewing a Petition

  • SHPS students are required to follow departmental guidelines established for filing petitions. The departmental recommendation will be submitted with the student’s petition to SHPS ASC.
  • The SHPS ASC will meet at least once a semester to review academic deficiencies and as necessary to review student petitions and related matters.
  • SHPS ASC meetings are open to any interested party. Should the student petitioner or a departmental representative other than the ASC member from the concerned department wish to provide verbal input relative to a petition, this should be identified on the petition. The deliberations on the committee decision will be closed.
  • Routine matters of the SHPS ASC may be decided by electronic mail or other forms of communication when agreed to by the committee membership.

SHPS ASC Decisions

SHPS ASC decision which concurs with Department

If the SHPS ASC decision concurs with the departmental recommendation, the SHPS ASC will notify the department petitioner*, the student, and the registrar (if needed) of their decision. The student has the right to accept the decision or appeal to the SHPS Student Appeals Committee (SAC) according to its established policies and procedures.

SHPS ASC decision in conflict with Department

If the SHPS ASC decision conflicts with the department recommendation, the SHPS ASC will notify the department petitioner.

A joint meeting of the SHPS ASC and the department petitioner will take place within ten working days. If the issue is resolved at the meeting, the SHPS ASC will notify the registrar (if needed) and the student. The student has the right to accept the decision or appeal to the SHPS SAC according to their established policies and procedures.

If the issue remains unresolved by the joint meeting of the SHPS ASC and the department petitioner, the Dean and the Management Team will make a final determination. The student has the right to accept the decision or appeal to the SHPS SAC according to their established policies and procedures.

* Department petitioner is either an individual faculty member from the student’s

department or a department committee which handles student academic concerns.

5/17/93

1st Revision 8/7/93

2nd Revision 5/17/01

3rd Revision 9/24/01

4th Revision 2/5/02

Approved by Faculty 2/8/02