Editing Herzing Issues: Grading and Academic Records (section)

=== HU-057: Identical Sherpath lessons assigned in both Clinical II (NSG525) and Medical Surgical Nursing I (NSG523) with same due date but different grading schemes (Pass/Fail vs. Scored) ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:14em" | Severity
| High
! Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Duplicate Assignment Across Courses / Grading Inconsistency
! Date added
| 2026-05-04
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Program Chair / Curriculum Director / Elsevier (Sherpath)
|}
'''Finding.''' Per the tracker's evidence, identical Sherpath lessons, including "Professional Nursing Practice and Its Influences," "Patient-Centered Care and Interprofessional Partnerships," and "Safety, Quality Improvement, Informatics, and Evidence-Based Practice" (all Chapter 1, Professional Nursing), appear as required graded assignments in both Clinical II (NSG525-7E) and Medical Surgical Nursing I (NSG523-7E) at the same time, with the same due date (May 10, 2026) but different grading schemes: Pass/Fail in NSG525 and Scored in NSG523.

'''Evidence.''' Screenshot of the Sherpath course plan for Clinical II (NSG525-7E), 2026 Summer C16 (2026-05-04): three lessons from Chapter 1, all due May 10, 2026, graded Pass/Fail. Screenshot of the Sherpath course plan for Medical Surgical Nursing I (NSG523-7E), 2026 Summer C16: the same three lessons, all due May 10, 2026, graded Scored; NSG523 additionally contains a 50 question Adaptive EAQ not present in NSG525. Source group: Defense Bundles and Institutional Materials (May 2026).

'''Reported statement.''' The Sherpath screenshots confirm identical lesson titles listed as required assignments in both NSG525-7E and NSG523-7E, with identical due dates of May 10, 2026, but different grading designations.

'''Standards.''' ACEN Standard 4: course content must be accurately described and consistently applied. ACEN Standard 5: workload assigned must be appropriate to credit hours. 34 CFR 600.2 (credit hour definition): credit hours must reflect a reasonable approximation of work expected per unit of credit.

'''Impact.''' Students enrolled in both NSG525 and NSG523 in Summer C16 are required to complete the same three Sherpath lessons twice, once for a Pass/Fail grade and once for a Scored grade, without doubling learning. The duplicate assignment structure compounds the risk that a platform failure will cause double credit loss.

'''Notes.''' This issue compounds {{HU|HU-041}} (Sherpath chronic platform failures) and {{HU|HU-044}} (Sherpath teaching incorrect content). The duplicate structure may be a Sherpath course configuration error rather than an intentional curriculum decision.

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