Editing Herzing Issues: Clinical Placement (section)

=== HU-008: Handbook states clinical site dismissal decisions are not subject to appeal through Herzing processes ===
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! style="width:12em" | Severity
| High
! style="width:12em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
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! Issue type
| Policy Concern
! Date added
| 2026-04-30
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! Owner
| colspan="3" | Academic Affairs / Legal Counsel
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'''Finding.''' The Prelicensure Student Handbook states that clinical site dismissal decisions are not subject to appeal through Herzing's appeal processes.

'''Evidence.''' Handbook page 16. Source Group: Prelicensure Student Handbook 2026 (SICCED09255468); Defense Bundles 2026-04-29 / 2026-04-30.

'''Reported statement.'''
<blockquote>Herzing has no control over these decisions, and such decisions of the clinical sites are not subject to appeal through the Herzing appeal processes.</blockquote>

'''Standards.''' Due process principles in higher education and ACEN Standard 5 are implicated. Institutions retain responsibility for ensuring students have recourse when facing adverse academic consequences; clinical dismissal leads to course failure and potential program dismissal, consequences of a magnitude that require some form of institutional review.

'''Impact.''' A student dismissed from clinical by a facility has no appeal rights at Herzing. Clinical dismissal leads to course failure and potential program dismissal with zero institutional review, a due process gap for a consequential adverse action.

'''Notes.''' This is a policy text finding from the handbook, not specific to the reporting student, but highly relevant to any student in the program.

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