Academic Sanctions

Academic sanctions result when your semester or cumulative GPA falls below 2.0. Sanctions are determined at the end of fall and spring semester. You will be notified by mail if you are placed under an academic sanction; sanctions may affect your financial aid eligibility. The University has three escalating levels of academic sanction:

Academic Warning
Students whose semester or cumulative GPA is below 2.0 when grades are calculated at the end of the semester are placed on academic warning.

Academic Probation
Students on academic warning are placed on academic probation if their semester GPA falls below 2.0. During the semester spent on academic probation, students are not allowed to carry more than 12 credit hours and must attain a 2.0 semester average to avoid academic suspension.

Academic Suspension
Students on academic probation who do not achieve a 2.0 semester average are placed on academic suspension. Students who have been academically suspended from the University are not permitted to register for classes for the term of the suspension.

Academic Sanctions information from page 40 in the 2005-2006 catalog.

Standards of Academic Progress
In accordance with the Department of Education regulations the standards of academic progress have been revised to be in compliance.

The major changes are as follows effective August  20, 2007:

• Freshmen students will be placed on academic and financial aid probation with G.P.A. less than 1.77. A student less than 27 credit hours is considered a freshmen.
• The completion rate for freshmen students is 50%. Students with 27 credit hours or more must have a 67% completion rate. The completion rate is the percentage of earned hours in relation to credit hours attempted.

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