A student with a non-academic grievance should meet with the Department Chair. The Department Chair will offer the student the opportunity to document the grievance in writing. Depending on the grievance, the Department Chair may be required to report it to Title IX and/or UNL Police. The Department Chair will serve as the grievance panel for non-academic grievances, ones not needing to be reported to Title IX or UNL Police, and ones not involving legal issues.
If the student submits a written grievance, the Department Chair will talk with the faculty or staff member(s) mentioned in the grievance about the issue. The written grievance will be kept on file in the Department Office. If the student does not file a written grievance, the Department Chair will not take action.
After talking with the identified faculty or staff member(s), the Department Chair will have several options on how to proceed, including:
- Reporting back to the student that the issue was addressed.
- Mediating a meeting with the student and identified faculty or staff member(s).
- Taking another action depending upon conversations with the student and identified faculty or staff member(s).
If the student does not feel the grievance has been adequately addressed, he/she may file a grievance with the Dean of the College of Education & Human Sciences. In this circumstance, the Department Chair will forward all available documentation to the Dean.