Editing Herzing Issues: Clinical Placement (section)

=== HU-170b: The preceptor agreement requirement as applied by Professor Gregg this term is inconsistent with the practice last term, when Dr. Rachel Powell (then clinical lead) waived the preceptor agreement for students who had on-site clinical faculty supervising both the student and the preceptor ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:12em" | Severity
| High
! style="width:12em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Inconsistent Clinical Documentation Requirements Across Terms
! Date added
| 2026-06-15
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Professor Heather Gregg (Clinical Course Faculty) / Dr. Rachel Powell (Director of Clinical Placement and Compliance) / Herzing Clinical Affairs
|}
'''Finding.''' The reporting student states that last term, when he had on-site clinical faculty, Dr. Rachel Powell, now Director of Clinical Placement but then the clinical lead, waived the preceptor agreement requirement for students with faculty oversight, because the faculty member was supervising both the student and the preceptor. This term, Professor Gregg applied a different standard, requiring the preceptor agreement to be completed and uploaded before approving any clinical hours, even though Professor Frazier is again the on-site faculty of record. The inconsistency means a student who complied fully with last term's documented process is now being held to a different and more burdensome standard without documented notification of the change.

'''Evidence.''' The reporting student's email: "Last semester if we had a clinical faculty, this requirement was waived. I had @Powell, Rachel who is now the lead on the clinical team and she simply waived the preceptor agreement for those who had faculty since the faculty was overseeing the student and preceptor." Dr. Rachel Powell's clarification email confirming that faculty-level oversight, Frazier on ELMS, is the correct process. Student: The reporting student. Source Group: Canvas message from Dr. Heather Gregg to the reporting student (Jun 15, 2026, 10:01 AM); email thread among the reporting student, Professor Troy Frazier, Dr. Heather Gregg, Dr. Rachel Powell (Director of Clinical Placement and Compliance, National/Online), Dr. Raywattie Prashad, Dr. Stephanie Black, Dr. Danielle Laban; June 15, 2026; provided by the reporting student.

'''Reported statement.'''
<blockquote>Last semester if we had a clinical faculty, this requirement was waived. I had @Powell, Rachel who is now the lead on the clinical team and she simply waived the preceptor agreement for those who had faculty since the faculty was overseeing the student and preceptor.</blockquote>

'''Standards.''' HLC Criterion 2.A (integrity, including clear and consistently applied policies for all students) and 34 CFR 668.14 (administrative capability) are implicated. Applying a more stringent documentation requirement this term without documented policy change notification, when the same scenario was handled differently last term by the individual now responsible for clinical placement policy, is a policy-consistency and fair-process concern. Lead: {{HU|HU-170}}.

'''Impact.''' The reporting student followed the process as applied last term and was penalized this term for doing the same thing, with no documented notice the requirement had changed.

'''Notes.''' Sub-issue of {{HU|HU-170}} (lead). The reporting student describes this as trying to hit a moving post, different requirements than explained and applied in prior terms. CONFIRMED from first-party email. Documented 2026-06-15.

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