# Academic Standards Office

*/Departments/Academic_Standards_Office*

## Neighborhood

### Related (delivered by)

- [Align with content standards developed by national organizations](/Processes/Align_with_content_standards_developed_by_national_organizations) — delivered by · Processes

### Measured by

- [Case Resolution Time](/Metrics/Case_Resolution_Time) — measured by · Metrics
- [Appeal Overturn Rate](/Metrics/Appeal_Overturn_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Misconduct Recidivism Rate](/Metrics/Misconduct_Recidivism_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Policy Exception Rate](/Metrics/Policy_Exception_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Curriculum Approval Throughput](/Metrics/Curriculum_Approval_Throughput) — measured by · Metrics
- [Standards Exception Rate](/Metrics/Standards_Exception_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Program Review Cycle Time](/Metrics/Program_Review_Cycle_Time) — measured by · Metrics
- [Policy Compliance Rate](/Metrics/Policy_Compliance_Rate) — measured by · Metrics

### Part of

- [State Education Agency](/CompanyTypes/State_Education_Agency) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [University](/CompanyTypes/University) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Community College](/CompanyTypes/Community_College) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Professional Accreditation Body](/CompanyTypes/Professional_Accreditation_Body) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Public School District](/CompanyTypes/Public_School_District) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Higher Education Institution](/CompanyTypes/Higher_Education_Institution) — part of · CompanyTypes

### Processes it runs

- [Certify Curriculum Compliance with Standards](/Processes/Certify_Curriculum_Compliance_with_Standards) — runs · Processes
- [Adjudicate Academic Misconduct Cases](/Processes/Adjudicate_Academic_Misconduct_Cases) — runs · Processes
- [Maintain Academic Policy Catalog](/Processes/Maintain_Academic_Policy_Catalog) — runs · Processes
- [Review Academic Standing and Probation Decisions](/Processes/Review_Academic_Standing_and_Probation_Decisions) — runs · Processes
- [Process Grade Appeals](/Processes/Process_Grade_Appeals) — runs · Processes
- [Program Quality Audit](/Processes/Program_Quality_Audit) — runs · Processes
- [Academic Policy Revision](/Processes/Academic_Policy_Revision) — runs · Processes
- [Degree Requirement Maintenance](/Processes/Degree_Requirement_Maintenance) — runs · Processes
- [Curriculum Approval Review](/Processes/Curriculum_Approval_Review) — runs · Processes

### Staff

- [Registrar Liaison Specialist](/JobTypes/Registrar_Liaison_Specialist) — staff · JobTypes
- [Curriculum Compliance Analyst](/JobTypes/Curriculum_Compliance_Analyst) — staff · JobTypes
- [Academic Integrity Investigator](/JobTypes/Academic_Integrity_Investigator) — staff · JobTypes
- [Academic Appeals Coordinator](/JobTypes/Academic_Appeals_Coordinator) — staff · JobTypes
- [Standards Compliance Reviewer](/JobTypes/Standards_Compliance_Reviewer) — staff · JobTypes
- [Academic Quality Specialist](/JobTypes/Academic_Quality_Specialist) — staff · JobTypes
- [Program Review Coordinator](/JobTypes/Program_Review_Coordinator) — staff · JobTypes
- [Curriculum Policy Analyst](/JobTypes/Curriculum_Policy_Analyst) — staff · JobTypes
- [Academic Standards Officer](/JobTypes/Academic_Standards_Officer) — staff · JobTypes

### Problems this exposes

- [standards-exception rate treats every manual SIS exception equally, hiding which are re-litigated transfer-credit rulings versus genuine one-offs](/Problems/standards-exception_rate_treats_every_manual_SIS_exception_equally,_hiding_which_are_re-litigated_transfer-credit_rulings_versus_genuine_one-offs) — exposes problem · Problems
- [exception-rate spikes are attributed to the office even when they originate in degree-audit rules that weren't updated after an approved curriculum change](/Problems/exception-rate_spikes_are_attributed_to_the_office_even_when_they_originate_in_degree-audit_rules_that_weren't_updated_after_an_approved_curriculum_change) — exposes problem · Problems
- [program-review cycle time penalizes the office for the accreditor-evidence wait it can't compress, conflating its own latency with the academic unit's data-gathering delay](/Problems/program-review_cycle_time_penalizes_the_office_for_the_accreditor-evidence_wait_it_can't_compress,_conflating_its_own_latency_with_the_academic_unit's_data-gathering_delay) — exposes problem · Problems
- [cycle-time is measured per review, so the office's overlapping curriculum-approval and quality-audit evidence collection double-counts against the same clock](/Problems/cycle-time_is_measured_per_review,_so_the_office's_overlapping_curriculum-approval_and_quality-audit_evidence_collection_double-counts_against_the_same_clock) — exposes problem · Problems
- [compliance-rate counts a policy as adopted the moment it's published, before faculty interpret it inconsistently in integrity adjudication](/Problems/compliance-rate_counts_a_policy_as_adopted_the_moment_it's_published,_before_faculty_interpret_it_inconsistently_in_integrity_adjudication) — exposes problem · Problems
- [policy-compliance rate is scored on attestation, not on whether revised policies were re-run through the program-quality criteria they alter](/Problems/policy-compliance_rate_is_scored_on_attestation,_not_on_whether_revised_policies_were_re-run_through_the_program-quality_criteria_they_alter) — exposes problem · Problems
- [a throughput target rewards clearing curriculum changes fast, but each fast-cleared change defers the degree-audit rule updates that surface as student exceptions later](/Problems/a_throughput_target_rewards_clearing_curriculum_changes_fast,_but_each_fast-cleared_change_defers_the_degree-audit_rule_updates_that_surface_as_student_exceptions_later) — exposes problem · Problems
- [approval-throughput is clocked from committee receipt, so the months of pre-submission syllabus negotiation the office runs stay invisible to the number it's judged on](/Problems/approval-throughput_is_clocked_from_committee_receipt,_so_the_months_of_pre-submission_syllabus_negotiation_the_office_runs_stay_invisible_to_the_number_it's_judged_on) — exposes problem · Problems
- [curriculum approval and program-quality audit collect overlapping syllabus evidence separately in the same office](/Problems/curriculum_approval_and_program-quality_audit_collect_overlapping_syllabus_evidence_separately_in_the_same_office) — exposes problem · Problems
- [approved curriculum changes aren't propagated into the degree-audit requirement rules students are checked against](/Problems/approved_curriculum_changes_aren't_propagated_into_the_degree-audit_requirement_rules_students_are_checked_against) — exposes problem · Problems
- [policy revisions are adopted without re-running the program-quality-audit criteria they affect](/Problems/policy_revisions_are_adopted_without_re-running_the_program-quality-audit_criteria_they_affect) — exposes problem · Problems
- [transfer-credit equivalency rulings are re-litigated because past decisions aren't searchable](/Problems/transfer-credit_equivalency_rulings_are_re-litigated_because_past_decisions_aren't_searchable) — exposes problem · Problems
- [curriculum approval and program quality audit collect overlapping syllabus evidence separately](/Problems/curriculum_approval_and_program_quality_audit_collect_overlapping_syllabus_evidence_separately) — exposes problem · Problems
- [policy revisions adopted without re-running the program-quality-audit criteria they affect](/Problems/policy_revisions_adopted_without_re-running_the_program-quality-audit_criteria_they_affect) — exposes problem · Problems
- [approved curriculum changes not propagated into the degree-audit requirement rules students are checked against](/Problems/approved_curriculum_changes_not_propagated_into_the_degree-audit_requirement_rules_students_are_checked_against) — exposes problem · Problems
- [grade-appeal deadlines and committee scheduling coordinated by hand](/Problems/grade-appeal_deadlines_and_committee_scheduling_coordinated_by_hand) — exposes problem · Problems
- [academic-integrity case adjudication tracked in email threads, not a case ledger](/Problems/academic-integrity_case_adjudication_tracked_in_email_threads,_not_a_case_ledger) — exposes problem · Problems
- [degree-audit exception approvals applied manually in the SIS](/Problems/degree-audit_exception_approvals_applied_manually_in_the_SIS) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Turnitin similarity reports interpreted inconsistently across faculty reviewers](/Problems/Turnitin_similarity_reports_interpreted_inconsistently_across_faculty_reviewers) — exposes problem · Problems
- [transfer-credit equivalency rulings re-litigated because past decisions aren't searchable](/Problems/transfer-credit_equivalency_rulings_re-litigated_because_past_decisions_aren't_searchable) — exposes problem · Problems