Process to Be Followed After an Experiential Learning Event

  1. When a learning agency contacts The University of Findlay program about a student’s progress, complete written information will be collected concerning the event.
  2. The learning coordinator of the program may visit the site to gather additional information.
  3. A review of the situation will occur.
  4. A decision about the event will be reached by the faculty member, adviser, and program director and/or department chair. The student will be notified in writing of the decision.
  5. The student has the right to appeal the decision to the Experiential Education Committee. This committee will be convened by the dean of the college in which the student is enrolled. The members of the committee shall include: a faculty representative of the College of Health Professions, College of Education, and College of Business as well as two at-large faculty members. In addition, the faculty member of the course in which the student is registered, the student’s adviser, and the program director and/or department chair of the student’s major will attend the meeting. The committee will listen to the student’s appeal as well as the faculty member’s comments and then reach a decision.
  6. The program director and/or department chair will notify the student of the Experiential Education Committee’s decision.
  7. The student has the right to appeal the decision to the vice president for academic affairs.