Editing Herzing Issues: Faculty Instruction and Curriculum Design (section)

=== HU-010: Exit exam benchmark scores can be changed 'at any time' without notice to enrolled students ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:14em" | Severity
| Medium
! Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Transparency Risk
! Date added
| 2026-04-30
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | School of Nursing / Academic Affairs
|}
'''Finding.''' Per the tracker's evidence, exit exam benchmark scores can be changed at any time without notice to enrolled students.

'''Evidence.''' Handbook p.23 (both RN and PN Exit Exam sections) states that threshold benchmark scores required to pass the exit exams are based on national student performance data and may be changed at any time by the university. Source Group: Prelicensure Student Handbook 2026 (SICCED09255468); Defense Bundles 2026-04-29 / 2026-04-30.

'''Reported statement.''' <blockquote>Threshold benchmark scores required to pass the exit exams are based upon national student performance data and may be changed at any time by the university.</blockquote>

'''Standards.''' ACEN Standard 4: student policies must be clear and consistently applied. Unilateral, unannounced changes to graduation thresholds raise student fairness and transparency concerns. Accreditation standards require predictable, published program requirements.

'''Impact.''' Students cannot meaningfully plan for graduation when a key progression threshold can change without notice or prospective application. Mid-program changes could retroactively affect students already in progress.

'''Notes.''' The identical language appears in both the RN Exit Exam (p.23) and PN Exit Exam (p.23) sections of the handbook.

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