1980-81

                                SENATE DOCUMENT #8

                                 APC DOCUMENT #8 

                                 Probation Policy





        The Academic Policies Committee recommends to the Faculty Senate

        adoption of the following probation policy:  



        p. 53 Academic Eligibility 



        1.  Delete "A student whose grade point average..." to end of

        Academic Eligibility Section.  



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        A student whose grade point average at the end of any semester is

        below the minimum will be placed on academic probation for the next

        twelve semester hours of work.  If, at the end of that period, the

        average is still below the minimum, the student will be placed on

        terminal probation for an additional 12 hours of work.  If the

        necessary grade point average has not been attained by the end of

        terminal probation, dismissal from the University will result.  



        No student, however, will be placed on terminal probation or

        dismissed if he or she has earned at least a 2.2 grade point

        average on a minimum of 12 semester hours of probation.  



        A student on probation is limited to enrolling for a maximum of 12

        semester hours of credit during that semester.  



        A grade point average of 2.0 on work completed at UNCA since the

        beginning of the Fall semester 1978 is required for graduation.

        Work completed prior to Fall 1978 is not computed in the grade

        point average.  



        Probation regulations apply to all classifications of students.  



        Note:  (not for catalog) At the end of Spring '81 there would be no

        suspensions.  Those persons eligible for suspension will instead

        begin their terminal probation of 12 semester hours.  These hours

        can begin during summer school.  



        Rationale:  Suspension is eliminated as not clearly conductive to

        academic progress.  In its place one additional probation is

        considered.  Since so many students enroll part time, the

        probationary period is defined as 12 semester hours of work.  This

        method eliminates the problem of enrollments in the summer.

        Finally, as long as a student on probation maintains a 2.2 average,

        this is seen as improvement and progress, thereby forestalling the

        need for a terminal probation or dismissal (even though the total

        GPA has not reached the desired minimum.) 



        Effective date:  Day of posting of grades, May, 1981.  



                        (Passed by Faculty Senate 10/16/80)