Editing Herzing Issues: Clinical Placement (section)

=== HU-170d: The reporting student describes communications from Professor Heather Gregg as implying he was irresponsible, stating she did not care that the faculty member was traveling and had significant obligations, and as disrespectful, a faculty conduct and communication concern ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:12em" | Severity
| Medium
! style="width:12em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Disrespectful Faculty Communication; Attribution of Blame to Student (faculty conduct concern)
! Date added
| 2026-06-15
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Professor Heather Gregg (Clinical Course Faculty)
|}
'''Finding.''' In his email to Powell, Frazier, and others, the reporting student describes communications from Professor Gregg that he found disrespectful and that attributed fault to him rather than to the university's changing policies. He states Gregg said or implied she did not care that the faculty member was traveling four hours away and had a lot going on during the week, given that Frazier precepts him only two days a week. He states she did not acknowledge the institutional role in the situation and instead placed the burden on the reporting student. He describes her email as very disrespectful. The Canvas message from Dr. Gregg in evidence (June 15, 10:01 AM) is itself professional in tone; the characterizations relate to a different Gregg communication that is described but not directly in evidence as a document.

'''Evidence.''' The reporting student's email: "She also said or implied at least that she didn't care that the faculty member was far away and had a lot going on during the week as he only precepts me two days a week that she was going to not approve this or wave it and now she's going to withhold approval of my clinical hours. ... I found her email to be very disrespectful towards me. I'm not the one who continues to have a moving post with regards to requirements for clinicals." 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>I found her email to be very disrespectful towards me. I'm not the one who continues to have a moving post with regards to requirements for clinicals.</blockquote>

'''Standards.''' HLC Criterion 2.A (integrity in faculty-student interactions) and institutional professional conduct expectations are implicated. Communication that attributes fault to a student for institutional policy inconsistencies, and that disregards the practical constraints of the student's clinical placement arrangement, raises a faculty conduct and student-welfare concern. This is CONFIRMED that the reporting student made this characterization in writing; the underlying Gregg communications are described but not directly in the evidence provided. Lead: {{HU|HU-170}}.

'''Impact.''' Faculty communications perceived as disrespectful and that misattribute responsibility may chill a student's willingness to raise legitimate concerns and add to the burden of navigating institutional processes.

'''Notes.''' Sub-issue of {{HU|HU-170}} (lead). CONFIRMED at the level of the reporting student's documented characterization. The specific Gregg emails being described are referenced as attached to the reporting student's emails but not directly in the materials provided. Documented 2026-06-15.

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