Nursing Student Handbook 2012-2013

118 College of Nursing Academic Warning/Probation/Dismissal The purpose of this policy is to identify and provide assistance to students who are not making satisfactory academic progress. To enhance students’ chances of achieving the best academic outcomes, the College of Nursing has adopted academic standards designed to identify those students who are experiencing academic difficulty, and to provide timely intervention through academic advising and academic support programs. The policy addresses academic discipline at three levels—academic warning, academic probation, and academic dismissal. The university reserves the right to take additional action as it deems appropriate. Individual program policies may affect interpretation of these policies, and the student is therefore subject to his or her program’s policies. For example, a program that dismisses students after one course failure will not need to adhere to the policies, outlined below, for Academic Probation and Academic Dismissal. Warning Academic Warning is the least severe of the three levels of academic discipline. Academic Warning will not appear on the official transcript, but will be placed in the student’s program file. Academic Warning serves as an opportunity to address difficulties with the goal of preventing a student from being placed on Academic Probation. It is a written notification that any continuation of substandard academic performance may result in additional disciplinary action. An Academic Warning will be issued when a student successfully remediates a single course failure in a semester. The Academic Warning will be effective the subsequent semester and will remain in effect if the student successfully remediates another course in the same or any subsequent semester. The Academic Warning may be lifted at the end of the subsequent semester if the student successfully completes all courses without any course remediation. A student may only remediate two courses during his or her enrollment in the respective program. The issuance of an Academic Warning will result in the student being referred to his or her adviser and/or the CSP. Please see the CSP procedures. Probation Academic Probation is one disciplinary level higher than Academic Warning and appears on the student’s official transcript. Probation serves as an opportunity to address serious academic difficulties with the goal of preventing a student from Academic Dismissal. It is a trial period during which a student has the opportunity to demonstrate that he or she can succeed academically. A student who fails any course in a program will be placed on Academic Probation. Upon being placed on Academic Probation, the student will be referred to his or her adviser and/or the CSP. Please see the CSP procedures in this handbook. Dismissal Academic Dismissal is the final and most severe step in the levels of academic discipline. Dismissal is stipulated when students are unable to improve their academic performance and meet the conditions of their probation, as described above. A student who fails a course in a program will be referred to his or her adviser and/or the CSP and may be subject to dismissal from the program. Please see the CSP procedures in this handbook. A student who is dismissed should refer to his or her college’s individual program policies regarding readmission, because exceptions or additional restrictions may apply.