Grade Disputes

The full policy regarding grade disputes can be found in the Morehouse College Catalog.

Click here to access the grade dispute form if you believe you have substantial grounds AND if you are within the first week of the semester/term following completion of the course for which the grade is being disputed.

This form is to be completed only after a student has attempted to resolve a grade dispute informally with the course instructor, and, if unresolved, with the department chair or program director. Do not submit this form to the Office of the Provost. Completed forms are submitted to the Division Dean of the division that houses the course department under dispute. Identify the appropriate Division Dean using the reference list on the form, and contact that Division Dean's office for submission instructions.

If a student has substantial grounds for believing, apart from questions of the quality of work, a particular grade was assigned in a manner that was arbitrary or unjust or that crucial evidence was not considered, the student should initiate a grade dispute.

Substantial grounds can consist of the following:

• Clear evidence that a student received a different grade in comparison to a student who submitted work of equal quality.
• Miscalculation of a final grade that the instructor is unwilling to correct.
• Clear evidence that some submitted work does not appear to have been included in grade calculations.
• Discrepancy between the final course grade and grades provided on a learning management system (e.g., Blackboard or Moodle).
• Clear evidence that a final grade seems to have been calculated in a manner inconsistent with grading policies described in the course syllabus.

Arguments about the quality of course instruction or the overall grade distribution in a course do not constitute substantial grounds for a grade dispute.

A student must dispute a grade no later than the first week of the semester/term following completion of a course. Disputes brought forward after this time period will not be considered by the instructor, chair/director, dean, or Associate Provost for Academic Success.