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To whomever it may concern,
I am suffering at the hands of an administrator.
I was recently denied my right to participate in graduation ceremonies for no justifiable reason other than to prevent embarrassment from befalling an instructor (who happens to be the Executive Assistant Dean); because of a "failing" grade he unjustly administered IN A 2 CREDIT HOUR, PASS/ NO PASS COURSE which I SUCCESSFULLY HAD OVERTURNED (it is my belief that he assigned the Failing grade unfairly, disparately and prejudicially).
Having the "failing" grade repealed did not sit well with the Assistant Dean/ the Primary Course Director. He and the two other course directors were therefore forced to either allow me to "Pass" or assign a ?No Report," which is what they did. They subsequently have assigned a rigorous, and by Clinical Faculty's opinions, "nearly impossible" and "drastic" set of requirements to complete to allow me to complete the course and to graduate.*
[*Regarding: Participation in Ceremonies at Graduation; It has been established that a student who has not met all of a courses requirements and thusly been assigned a grade of ?No Report,? or an ?Incomplete? is still allowed to participate in Ceremonies at Graduation. However, the student will not receive their diploma at that time. There were other people in my class who also had ?No Reports? and were still allowed to participate in this once in a lifetime experience, I was not].
This course is titled "Patient Management and Professionalism." The compendium of the course cites 24 methods of evaluation, however there is NOT a definition as to the weight that ANY of these evaluation methods will carry in determination of a student's grade. What is more, the course directors have elected to apply the evaluation methods in an irregular manner, applying some evaluation methods to some students and other methods to different students. In my case they elected to use NONE of the cited evaluation methods (all of which I have successfully completed) and to base the determination of the grade solely on the Associate Dean?s personal opinion of me.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, they justified their actions by citing an obscure passage in the Student Bulletin which states THAT AN INSTRUCTOR MAY ELECT TO FAIL A STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ACADEMIC STATUS OR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND BASED ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL JUDGMENT [Note that I have investigated the grading and evaluation criteria of many Midwestern dental schools and discovered that my college is the only entity which touts justification for such an unfair evaluation, an subjective means of evaluation].
To put this 2 [TWO] credit hour course into perspective, please note that I have been a student of excellent academic standing while I have been in attendance at the College of Dentistry for the last 6 (SIX) years [first as a dental hygiene student in the B.S. program, then as a dental student], during this time:
-I have completed 248 credit hours of course work and NEVER FAILED a course/ or received a ?No Report.?
-In my entire post secondary education I have completed over 500 Credit hours of course work and NEVER FAILED A COURSE, or received a ?No Report.?
-I have attended 5 (five) colleges,
-Earned 3 (three) degrees and
-All the while I have worked within the profession of dentistry
-I am a husband and father to two boys.
By all rights I should be receiving my license to become a Doctor of Dental Surgery at this moment, and were it not for the injury and torment that this individual has brought upon me in this second semester of my Senior Year I would finally be able contribute to my family's welfare.
I have attempted to resolve the issues internally and have met been met with brick walls, and increased hostility. My complaints have been disregarded and criticized. What is more, I am quite frankly terrified that this individual is continuing to endeavor to ultimately see that I am expelled from the college. I believe I am being dismissed internally, in a very large part, because of the politics of the College of Dentistry. I am afraid to seek further intervention from within the university system because of his overt hostility toward me and the fear and paranoia he invokes in others in the system; I fear that he may attempt to expel me, as he has the unmitigated power to do so, and he is utterly incensed that I was able to find my way out of the unjust failing grade and caused him the embarrassment of having his egregious errors pointed out and noted.
His actions have already cost me my graduation, caused me the loss of a dental practice I was slated to assume control over in June or July and caused financial the ruination of my family.
Please advise, thank you!
Post Script:
THE FOLLOWING ARE INCIDENTS THAT I HAVE DOCUMENTED AND FOR WHICH I HAVE EVIDENCE:
1) Dr."X" [the Associate Dean, and Primary Course Director] deliberately did not disclose information which was used in determination of my failing grade for periods as long as 246, days or on average, 90 days.
2) "X" denies my request to see my file.
3) After asserting that I had checked the Bylaws, "X" delivers an EDITED copy of my file.
4) "X" pulls my application to take Clinical Boards Exam 17(seventeen) days prior to notifying me of my Failure in the course.
5) "X" admits failing to use required and completed evaluations "These evaluations were NOT used and there is no other information in your file that was present on March 30 that you have received already. We can use those evals that I have received if you like but I did not use them in the evaluation."
5.5) I AM NOT NOTIFIED THAT THE DECISION TO FAIL ME IN THE COURSE HAS BEEN MADE FOR THREE AND A HALF MONTHS, DURING WHICH TIME HE CONTINUES TO ACCRUE HIS ?EVIDENCE? TO SUBSTANTIATE THE COURSE FAILURE.
6) One of the course directors states that they will be more likely to determine a duration of Remediation for the course which was more satisfactory to me if I decided not to proceed with my academic appeal.
7) "X" delivers a copy of the entire contents of my "File" to the President of the Academic Appeals Committee 9(NINE) DAYS PRIOR TO MY SUBMITTING MY FORMAL APPEAL.
8)"X" confiscates my Graduation Announcements which were ordered and paid for (by myself) through a Company independent of the school, but who delivered all Invitations to the school.
9) "X" determines that in addition to "a learning deficiency, an ethical deficiency, and academic deficiencies," I also suffer from a SPIRITUAL DEFICIENCY." He makes it CLEAR, IN NO UNCERTIAN TERMS, THAT I AM TO CALL HIM TO DISCUSS MY ?SPIRTUAL DEFICIENCY? and gives me both his home and cell phone numbers.
10) "X" insists that I go to Lincoln Premier Psychiatric Group and sign a ?Release" to grant him access to my confidential medical records, contacts them himself on multiple occasions. He wants to know what drugs are being used to treat my depression/ AD/HD. He wants to know how often I see my therapist, and what they are treating me for, and how.
11) "X" cites as reason for disallowing my participation in the Graduation Ceremony a Fictitious Document or Policy that declares that a Student who has a "No Report" grade and cannot complete the requirements of the Course in which the student has the ?No Report? within 45 DAYS of the graduation Ceremonies, the student cannot participate in said function. And he would have at least 46 days of requirements for me to complete.
I am suffering at the hands of an administrator.
I was recently denied my right to participate in graduation ceremonies for no justifiable reason other than to prevent embarrassment from befalling an instructor (who happens to be the Executive Assistant Dean); because of a "failing" grade he unjustly administered IN A 2 CREDIT HOUR, PASS/ NO PASS COURSE which I SUCCESSFULLY HAD OVERTURNED (it is my belief that he assigned the Failing grade unfairly, disparately and prejudicially).
Having the "failing" grade repealed did not sit well with the Assistant Dean/ the Primary Course Director. He and the two other course directors were therefore forced to either allow me to "Pass" or assign a ?No Report," which is what they did. They subsequently have assigned a rigorous, and by Clinical Faculty's opinions, "nearly impossible" and "drastic" set of requirements to complete to allow me to complete the course and to graduate.*
[*Regarding: Participation in Ceremonies at Graduation; It has been established that a student who has not met all of a courses requirements and thusly been assigned a grade of ?No Report,? or an ?Incomplete? is still allowed to participate in Ceremonies at Graduation. However, the student will not receive their diploma at that time. There were other people in my class who also had ?No Reports? and were still allowed to participate in this once in a lifetime experience, I was not].
This course is titled "Patient Management and Professionalism." The compendium of the course cites 24 methods of evaluation, however there is NOT a definition as to the weight that ANY of these evaluation methods will carry in determination of a student's grade. What is more, the course directors have elected to apply the evaluation methods in an irregular manner, applying some evaluation methods to some students and other methods to different students. In my case they elected to use NONE of the cited evaluation methods (all of which I have successfully completed) and to base the determination of the grade solely on the Associate Dean?s personal opinion of me.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, they justified their actions by citing an obscure passage in the Student Bulletin which states THAT AN INSTRUCTOR MAY ELECT TO FAIL A STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ACADEMIC STATUS OR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND BASED ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL JUDGMENT [Note that I have investigated the grading and evaluation criteria of many Midwestern dental schools and discovered that my college is the only entity which touts justification for such an unfair evaluation, an subjective means of evaluation].
To put this 2 [TWO] credit hour course into perspective, please note that I have been a student of excellent academic standing while I have been in attendance at the College of Dentistry for the last 6 (SIX) years [first as a dental hygiene student in the B.S. program, then as a dental student], during this time:
-I have completed 248 credit hours of course work and NEVER FAILED a course/ or received a ?No Report.?
-In my entire post secondary education I have completed over 500 Credit hours of course work and NEVER FAILED A COURSE, or received a ?No Report.?
-I have attended 5 (five) colleges,
-Earned 3 (three) degrees and
-All the while I have worked within the profession of dentistry
-I am a husband and father to two boys.
By all rights I should be receiving my license to become a Doctor of Dental Surgery at this moment, and were it not for the injury and torment that this individual has brought upon me in this second semester of my Senior Year I would finally be able contribute to my family's welfare.
I have attempted to resolve the issues internally and have met been met with brick walls, and increased hostility. My complaints have been disregarded and criticized. What is more, I am quite frankly terrified that this individual is continuing to endeavor to ultimately see that I am expelled from the college. I believe I am being dismissed internally, in a very large part, because of the politics of the College of Dentistry. I am afraid to seek further intervention from within the university system because of his overt hostility toward me and the fear and paranoia he invokes in others in the system; I fear that he may attempt to expel me, as he has the unmitigated power to do so, and he is utterly incensed that I was able to find my way out of the unjust failing grade and caused him the embarrassment of having his egregious errors pointed out and noted.
His actions have already cost me my graduation, caused me the loss of a dental practice I was slated to assume control over in June or July and caused financial the ruination of my family.
Please advise, thank you!
Post Script:
THE FOLLOWING ARE INCIDENTS THAT I HAVE DOCUMENTED AND FOR WHICH I HAVE EVIDENCE:
1) Dr."X" [the Associate Dean, and Primary Course Director] deliberately did not disclose information which was used in determination of my failing grade for periods as long as 246, days or on average, 90 days.
2) "X" denies my request to see my file.
3) After asserting that I had checked the Bylaws, "X" delivers an EDITED copy of my file.
4) "X" pulls my application to take Clinical Boards Exam 17(seventeen) days prior to notifying me of my Failure in the course.
5) "X" admits failing to use required and completed evaluations "These evaluations were NOT used and there is no other information in your file that was present on March 30 that you have received already. We can use those evals that I have received if you like but I did not use them in the evaluation."
5.5) I AM NOT NOTIFIED THAT THE DECISION TO FAIL ME IN THE COURSE HAS BEEN MADE FOR THREE AND A HALF MONTHS, DURING WHICH TIME HE CONTINUES TO ACCRUE HIS ?EVIDENCE? TO SUBSTANTIATE THE COURSE FAILURE.
6) One of the course directors states that they will be more likely to determine a duration of Remediation for the course which was more satisfactory to me if I decided not to proceed with my academic appeal.
7) "X" delivers a copy of the entire contents of my "File" to the President of the Academic Appeals Committee 9(NINE) DAYS PRIOR TO MY SUBMITTING MY FORMAL APPEAL.
8)"X" confiscates my Graduation Announcements which were ordered and paid for (by myself) through a Company independent of the school, but who delivered all Invitations to the school.
9) "X" determines that in addition to "a learning deficiency, an ethical deficiency, and academic deficiencies," I also suffer from a SPIRITUAL DEFICIENCY." He makes it CLEAR, IN NO UNCERTIAN TERMS, THAT I AM TO CALL HIM TO DISCUSS MY ?SPIRTUAL DEFICIENCY? and gives me both his home and cell phone numbers.
10) "X" insists that I go to Lincoln Premier Psychiatric Group and sign a ?Release" to grant him access to my confidential medical records, contacts them himself on multiple occasions. He wants to know what drugs are being used to treat my depression/ AD/HD. He wants to know how often I see my therapist, and what they are treating me for, and how.
11) "X" cites as reason for disallowing my participation in the Graduation Ceremony a Fictitious Document or Policy that declares that a Student who has a "No Report" grade and cannot complete the requirements of the Course in which the student has the ?No Report? within 45 DAYS of the graduation Ceremonies, the student cannot participate in said function. And he would have at least 46 days of requirements for me to complete.
It'll cost u though 
