Title:
#VI-10. Academic Standing
Date:
1. Good Academic
Standing
To be in good academic standing, a
student must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade-point average for all work
undertaken.
2. Academic
Probation
Any student who, at the end of a
grading period, has not maintained a 2.0 cumulative grade-point average shall
be placed on Academic Probation.
3.
Requirements of Probationary Students
A. Course Load. Any student on Academic Probation may
register for no more than 13 credit hours during a full Fall or Spring
semester. Probationary students may
register for no more than 7 credit hours during an eight week summer session or
for no more than 4 credit hours during a four-week summer session. In all cases, a probationary student's
specific course load must be approved prior to registration by the student's
assigned Academic Adviser.
B. Special Courses. Based upon the judgment of the assigned
Academic Adviser or a Counselor, students on probation may be required to
include remedial or development courses as part of the overall credit load outlined
in Paragraph 3.A above).
C. GPA Minimum. Students placed on academic probation must
maintain a minimum 2.01 for each semester until they return to good academic
standing (cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better).
D. Reorientation Session. All students placed on Academic Probation
will be required to attend a Reorientation Session prior to their next
registration.
4. Removal
from Academic Probation
A student on
Academic Probation shall be returned to Good Academic Standing
at any time that
the cumulative grade point average reaches 2.0 or higher.
5. Academic
Suspension
Any probationary student who, upon
completing one additional semester after
being placed on Academic Probation, fails to maintain a minimum 2.01 grade-point
average during that semester shall be placed on Academic Suspension.
First Suspension.
A student's first Academic Suspension shall be in effect for one full
semester (not including Summer Sessions).
At the end of one semester's suspension, the student may be reinstated
on Academic Probation. All circumstances
and conditions relating to Academic Probation, outlined in Section 3 (above),
shall apply.
Second Suspensions.
After return to Academic Probation, a student who completes an additional
semester and fails to achieve a minimum grade-point average of 2.01 during that
semester shall be placed on Second Academic Suspension. Second Academic Suspension shall be for a
minimum of two consecutive full semesters (not including Summer Sessions). Students returning from suspension must
maintain a grade point average of 2.01 or better to be continued on academic
probation.
Third Suspensions. After return to
Academic Probation, a student who completes an additional semester and fails to
achieve a minimum grade-point average of 2.01 during that semester shall be
placed on Third Academic Suspension. Third Academic Suspension shall be for a
minimum of eight consecutive full semesters (not including Summer Sessions).
Students returning from suspension must maintain a grade point average of 2.01
or better to be continued on academic probation.
6. Appeal of
Academic Suspension
Any student who is placed on
Academic Suspension may request to appeal this decision to the Academic Appeals
Panel. Requests for appeals must be made
to the Dean of Academic Affairs by the first work day of August for
re-instatement for fall, and by the first work day of January for reinstatement for spring. The course schedule will be deleted for any
suspended student who has not filed an appeal by the appropriate date.
The Academic Appeals Panel may (a)
uphold the Suspension, (b) reinstate the student on Academic Probation, or (c)
reinstate the student on Academic Probation with specific stipulations such as
(but not limited to) establishing maximum course load, mandating that specific
courses be repeated, mandating that certain remedial or developmental courses
be taken, requiring specified counseling, or requiring specified testing or
other academic procedures deemed necessary.
The Academic Appeals Panel shall make its decision
immediately, notifying the Dean of Academic Affairs of this decision. The Dean of Academic Affairs will notify the
student of the Panel’s decision. The
decision to reinstate students on second academic suspension rests solely with
the Dean of Academic Affairs. The Dean
of Academic Affairs will notify the student of this decision.