WHEREAS: The Faculty Senate h as established the Academic Action Thresholds for undergraduate students, and
WHEREAS: The University is endeavoring to promote student success and student retention, and
WHEREAS: Students who fall below the academic action thresholds need more guidance and advising than those students in good standing, and
WHEREAS: Students in academic difficulty frequently underestimate their workloads, and capabilities, and
WHEREAS: The Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies, the Registrar’s Office, and t he Professional Academic Advisors have developed a proposal for a program to enhance the success of students who fall below the academic action threshold.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The following proposed program to assist students in academic difficulty be adopted by the university.
Program to Assist
Students in Academic Difficulty
Objective: To establish a more intrusive and preventive intervention for helping undergraduate students in academic difficulty improve their academic performance at UAH.
Problem: Many lower level students at
UAH experience one or more semesters in which they receive unsatisfactory
mid-term and final grades in multiple courses.
After mid-term and final grades are posted, college advisors contact
(telephone calls, letters, and e-mails) students who are in academic
difficulty. A major concern for
advisors is that a majority of students with low mid/end semester grades fail
to respond; thus, we need a more powerful intervention strategy. Another
concern is that some students in academic difficulty with NC grades are not
identified on the Academic Action Report (end-of-semester listing of students
who are on academic warning, academic probation and academic dismissal).
Proposal: To develop a campus intervention program to better assist students in academic difficulty achieve educational success at UAH.
Administrative
Policy: When a student is classified in academic
difficulty, the Registrar’s office will place a registration hold on the
student’s record that will prevent the student from self-registration until the
student’s college advisor removes the hold or the student returns to good
standing.
Academic Action Thresholds: In order to be in good academic standing, students must maintain
a grade point average above the Academic Action Threshold (AAT) that varies
according to classification. For
students with
0 – 32 credit hours, the AAT is 1.6
33 – 64
credit hours, the AAT is 1.8
65 or more
credit hours, the AAT is 2.0.
Mid-Term – Students who receive two or
more unsatisfactory mid-term progress grades of (F or N) in 100 and 200 level
courses will have a registration hold put in place. They will not be permitted to register for courses until they
discuss their academic problem with their advisor and, if recommended, attend a
workshop on academic success offered by the Office of Student Development
Services.
NC Grades: Students who receive two or more NC final grades in a single term
and are not subject to academic action will have a registration hold placed on
their academic record. They will not be permitted to register for classes until
they discuss their academic situation with their advisor and, if recommended,
attend a workshop on academic success offered by the Office of Student
Development Services.
Academic Warning – Students are subject to academic
warning: 1) if they are in good standing and earn less than the applicable
Academic Action Threshold (AAT) for the semester; or 2) if they earn the
applicable AAT or greater for the semester but the UAH cumulative grade point
average is less than the applicable AAT.
Students
on academic warning may not register for courses until they discuss their
academic problem with their college advisor. Advisors will encourage these
students to use course repeats, cut back on work hours, limit extra curricular
activities, use tutors, etc., as needed.
Advisors will strongly advise students to register for no more than 12
hours of coursework per semester until they return to good
standing. Students will not be
permitted to register for more than 15 hours.
Academic Probation – Students are subject to academic probation if they
are on academic warning and the current semester GPA is less than the
applicable AAT and the UAH cumulative is less than the applicable AAT.
Students
on academic probation will be limited to a maximum of 12 hours of coursework
per semester until they achieve good standing.
They may not register for courses until they discuss their academic
problem with their college advisor. The
advisor will review the academic problem with the student and assist the
student in developing a plan of action to return to academic good standing. In
developing the plan, advisors will encourage these students to use course
repeats, reduce work hours, limit extra curricular activities, use tutors, go
to the Writing Center, visit the Math Learning Center, etc., as needed.
Students on academic probation may register only in the college advisor’s
office.
Academic Dismissal – Students are subject to academic
dismissal if they are on academic probation and the current semester GPA is
less than the applicable AAT and the UAH cumulative is less than the
applicable AAT.
Students on first dismissal who wish to re-enroll, must
petition to the Admissions and Scholastic Affairs Committee for permission to
re-enter after an absence of at least one term. These students must initiate the petition process in the advisor’s
office (college or department) and complete the AAT questionnaire in the
college advisor’s office. The college
advisor will review the questionnaire with the student and assist the student
in developing a plan of action. An advisor will not recommend students for
readmission without a plan of action on file.
The plan of action must be included with the petition sent to the
Admissions Committee. The plan may include workshops* and/or counseling
sessions on specific issues. The
college advisor and the Counseling Center will monitor the plan of action
jointly. Students who are readmitted
after the first dismissal will be limited to no more than 12 hours until they
return to good academic standing. Individual colleges may impose additional
requirements specific to their programs, which should be addressed in the petition to the Admissions Committee. The Petition for Readmission requires an
advisor’s recommendation.
Students on second or a subsequent dismissal who wish to
re-enroll must petition to the Admissions and Scholastic Affairs Committee for
permission to re-enter after an absence of at least one year and follow the
procedure outlined above.
Effective: Semester
after Approval
*Student Development
Services Workshops: Time Management, Stress Reduction, Study Skills, Juggling
Family and College Life; Communication Skills, and Career Assessment (Career
Services Office).