3.2a(3) CTU’s Student Code of Conduct outlines the formal
grievance procedure for students to lodge complaints against
faculty, staff, or other students. Similar policies govern
employee complaints. The college’s process aligns with that
of the university, which uses a systematic Complaint Management
Process (CMP; Figure 3.2-2). Utilization of different
categories and classifications provides NCON with the ability
to isolate, aggregate, and analyze data specific to NCON’s
students and other stakeholders. The nine-step process implemented
in 2004 for complaint management and resolution
(Figure 3.2-2) is modeled after a process used by a Baldrige
Award recipient. This process provides customer access,
timely resolution, customer follow-up, and complaint tracking.
Division VPs have primary responsibility for managing
customer complaints. All complaints received are entered into
the electronic Complaint Management System (CMS), and
responsibility is assigned for resolution of the process. Figure
7.2-5 shows the improvement in satisfaction with timely
response to complaints since implementation of the system.