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Academic Suspension

Submitted by lwright on Mon, 2/21 9:57am
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Students are suspended from the university because of poor academic performance.

Academic Suspension occurs after students have failed to meet minimal required standards, who have not met a required expectation after having been placed on academic probation, or who have failed to meet other academic requirements which have been stipulated.

1. Students who fall into one or more of the following categories in their overall Grade Point Average (GPA) will be suspended:

    • First-year students (including first-semester first-year students) or Sophomores with cumulative Grade Point Averages of less than 1.5;
    • Juniors and first-semester Seniors with cumulative GPAs of less than 1.75; and
    • Second-semester seniors with cumulative GPAs of less than 2.0

2. Students on academic probation who do not earn a semester GPA of 2.0 or above in their first semester on probation, or who do not increase their overall GPA to 2.0 at the end of the following semester will be suspend.

3. Students who do not earn a minimum average of 2.25 or the higher standard of performance stipulated by the Academic Standing Committee, during a required summerterm, will be suspended.

4. Students who have less than a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in their major and cannot find a new or probationary major will be suspended.

5. Students whose GPA in their declared major remains below 2.0 for two semesters, and who are unable to find a suitable probationary major will be suspended.

6. Students on probation whose GPA is less than 2.0 and who withdraw from a course or who receive an Incomplete (“E”) grade in a course without prior approval from the Associate Dean for Academic Advising will be suspended.

Suspended students can appeal to the Academic Standing Committee (in care of the Academic Advising Office) if they think they have extenuating circumstances that warrant immediate readmission to the university.

Students who have been suspended should ask their instructors and advisors to write to the Academic Standing Committee on their behalf. The Committee looks for instructors provide further context to better understand the students’ situation.

Students who are requesting readmission following a period of suspension must fill out and submit a readmission application.

If readmitted by the Standing Committee, suspended students are automatically on probation.