Curators vote to make grievance policy official

Posted to Live Blog: June 2011 Board of Curators meeting by Jimmy Hibsch at 11:05 a.m., June 17, 2011

The Board of Curators voted unanimously to make the grievance policy which has been in place as a pilot program since 2008 official.

Because of previous unsatisfactory results when the grievance policy was utilized, the System saw it necessary to attempt to adopt a new process. The grievance policy is in place to protect faculty from rule infractions by other faculty members or administrators.

“It took too long,” Faculty Council chairwoman Leona Rubin told The Maneater in April. Sometimes cases took over a year and there was no Oversight Committee to see if recommendations by the committee were actually followed through.”

Now, when a faculty member files a grievance, the Grievance Resolution Panel will oversee the case. It will investigate the case and talk to all involved parties before making its final decision. The Oversight Committee will oversee this whole process. Chancellor Brady Deaton has the final say however, and may override any decision if he sees fit.

This whole process should take about three months.