Student Complaint Tracking and Reporting
To assist in tracking complaints throughout the academic year, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) has created a template tracking log for complaint recipients to use. If units use this form throughout the academic year, it will be much easier at the next reporting cycle to identify patterns, report data to IE, and create strategies for continuous quality improvement.
2021-2022 ANNUAL REPORT ON STUDENT COMPLAINTS
As in the previous year, end of year reporting for student complaints will be completed through an online submission. It is important that information required for reporting be compiled prior to submission of report as the online system does not allow for returning to a previously started submission.
Previous Annual Reports on Student Complaints can be accessed by clicking on the link below:
Read THE prior annual reports on student complaints
Student COMPLAINT Data collection Process
The Policy on Student Complaint Tracking and Reporting establishes WMU's structure for handling and reporting student complaints. While units will be responsible for developing and implementing their specific areas' procedure for receiving and handling student complaints, this policy provides the University's expectation of how such procedures are to be documented and reported.
The Annual Report on Student Complaint Tracking form is the standardized form to be submitted to Institutional Effectiveness by all units. The goal is to collect campus-wide information on the number and frequency of complaints, average time for review, referral and resolution, and recommendations for improvement.
The form collects information on:
- Description of the process the unit/department uses to manage student complaints
- Total number of complaints
- Complaint category
- Average timeline for complaint review and resolution
- Number of complaints referred by the Ombudsman
- Resolution type and description
- Partnering units
- Documentation of how units review complaint information and utilize in planning for process improvement
- Website link to unit student complaint procedures.