The document is remarkable for a number of things, but especially for this:
"Some students are hesitant to confront a faculty member about a required syllabus, or other issues, due to possible faculty reprisal" (emphasis added)
It reminds me of an old movie, The Treasure of the University of Sierra Madre:
"Bob": "If you're the professor where is your syllabus?"
Gold Mortarboard: "Syllabus? I ain't got no syllabus. I don't need no syllabus! I don't have to show you any stinkin' syllabus!"
That's the state of the university today! Asking a professor for something as basic as a required syllabus can result in the professor retaliating against the student, and university administrators are essentially OK with that.
The idea of creating an Office of the Undergraduate Ombudsperson that was under discussion at that December 17, 2005 meeting (about seven years ago) continued to be discussed for years. They eventually approved it and announced that the office would be created, and then it never actually was. It was never discussed again.
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