For Information
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S.95-37
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate ?
From: ?
Nick Heath
Secretary, SAB
Subject: Senate Appeals Board (SAB) ?
Date: ?
1995 04 27
Annual Report 1994
The Senate Appeals Board met 13 times in 1994, the same number of meetings as in 1993.
Membership
K.
Amason
From SUAB -1 Member
D. Ryeburn
R. Rogow
From Senate - 1 Member
L.
LeMare
P. Whine
From Student Society
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Members
J. Cox
Vacant
J. Flores
T. Morrison
Chair - ratified by SUAB on 24 December 1993
Faculty member elected February, 1981
Alternate faculty member elected October, 1990
Faculty senator elected November, 1993 (on leave of
absence from July 1/94 - October 31/94)
Alternate Faculty senator elected September 19/94
Student member appointed June, 1992
(from November 21/94)
Alternate student member appointed July, 1991
Alternate student member appointed August, 1993
Members leavin g
SAB in 1994
From Senate:
A. Mathewes ?
Faculty senator elected to replace L. LeMare from July 1/94 -
October 31/94
E. Palmer ?
Alternate faculty senator elected June, 1989, resigned as of
August 31/94
From Student Society:
M. Gervin ?
Student member appointed January 20/94. Resigned
November 21/94
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Senate Appeals Board (SAB)
Annual Report 1994
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Under the procedures approved in October 1991, each appeal is first screened by the Chair and the
Secretary of the Senate Appeals Board, to determine whether Special Circumstances are present. Once
this screen is passed, each appellant has the option of an in-person hearing, but all appeals are first heard
in written form only (Stage 1) and many cases are resolved at that Stage. If the SAB is unable to give a
positive judgment at Stage 1, and it the student has requested an in-person hearing, the case is settled at
a personal hearing, usually lasting about 10 minutes (Stage 2).
This process resulted in the following action in 1994:
'Leave to Appeal'-
This is the preliminary screening by the Chair and Secretary of the SAB, to determine if special
circumstances are present:
Appeal type
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Received ?
cancelled because there were ?
appeals sent to Stage
no special circumstances
Admission
42
21
21
Readmission
18
10
8
Retroactive withdrawal
72
5
67
Selective Retroactive withdrawal
64
2
62
Transfer Credit
1
0
1
Other
1
0
1
Total
198
38
160
The outcomes of the Stage 1 and Stage 2 decisions are given on the following page.
The SAB continued to deal with a heavy volume of appeals. In most cases, particularly withdrawals, the
appeal is in fact the initial decision, not a review of an earlier decision. Appeals are usually resolved within
two months of receipt.
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