This is the time of the year when students experience a great deal of stress, sometimes with serious consequences.

Please bookmark the location of this printable document, Quick Guide for Responding to Distress, located on the Office of the Dean of Students website, or make a copy to use as needed. Departments may want to consider printing a stack of these to hand out to all instructors, including Graduate Student Teaching Assistants.

The Dean of Students has a student concern/issue reporting system that can be used for concerns related to the code of student life, student conduct, fraternity/sorority concern and other matters related to student behavior or concern around student wellness and basic needs.

The Dean of Students’ Student Care and Assistance Team works with students in acute crisis, emergencies, and with student threat situations. If a student shares information related to a well-being concern, such as

• concerns related to behavior in the classroom
• mental health concerns
• needs to connect with additional resources
• shares additional concerning information with you,

please complete the Dean of Students Report a Concern Form or contact Student Care and Assistance at dos-assistance@uiowa.edu or 319-335-1162.

CLAS Undergraduate Student Academic Concern Form

The academic staff in CLAS Undergraduate Programs (120 Schaeffer Hall) have created a reporting form for instructors to use when academic concerns arise related to a student in one of their courses. If you are concerned about a student, please fill out the online reporting form. You will be asked to share your name, the student’s name, and a brief summary of the concern. You can choose whether or not to remain anonymous, and CLAS staff will determine the appropriate outreach and resources to support the student.

Reasons instructors might use the form:  

• Student has stopped coming to class or stopped submitting assignments with no communication for more than a week.
• Student has not responded to your attempts to outreach via email or ICON website.

For support reporting academic misconduct, please visit the CLAS website on Undergraduate Academic Misconduct for questions and to make these types of reports.

For support with matters related to Title IX, other sexual misconduct claims, or any protected class complaints, please contact The Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) for questions and to learn more about these types of issues.

Thank you for all that you do for our students, especially as we approach the stressful period of midterms.