Senate Document #26



                                  (APC Document #2)



              Amendments to the Policy on Academic Eligibility Standards

                               Effective:  August 1984







           DELETE:  Entire section titled "Academic Eligibility"

                    (pp. 33,34, 1983-84 Catalog).





           Add:     Academic Eligibility



                The University has established a minimum grade point

                average which must be met by students wishing to continue

                their studies.  Failure to meet these standards will result

                in dismissal from the University.



                After August 27, 1984, a student whose cumulative grade

                point average at UNCA is less than a 2.00 at the end of any

                semester will be placed on Academic Probation.  If, at the

                end of the following semester, the student does not achieve

                at least a grade point average for that semester of 2.25,

                the student, in the normal course of events, will be

                dismissed.  If the student's cumulative grade point average

                is still below 2.00, the student must achieve a 2.25 grade

                point average in each succeeding semester until the student

                achieves a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or the

                student, in the normal course of events, will be dismissed.



                A student on Academic Probation is not permitted to enroll

                in more than 12 semester hours during a Fall or Spring

                Semester, or for more than 4 semester hours during a summer

                term, to a maximum of 8 semester hours during the entire

                Summer Session.



                A grade point average of 2.0 on work completed at UNCA

                since the beginning of the Fall semester 1978 is required

                for graduation.  Also, a minimum grade point average of 2.0

                is required on all work attempted at UNCA in the major

                department.  Work completed prior to Fall 1978 is not

                computed in the grade point average.



                Dismissed students who can show concrete evidence that

                their status should be reconsidered may petition the

                Admissions Committee for readmission.  For further

                information about the appeals process, students should

                contact the Director of Enrollment Services.



           RATIONALE:



                After the passage of Senate Document #20, 1982-83,

                questions concerning the numbers of students who would be


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                subject to dismissal concerned the administration.  There

                was special concern with the affect on minority students.

                Administration of the policy was seen as difficult due to

                its complexity.  Part-time and improving full-time students

                could be dismissed when, in fact, Senate Document #20 was

                thought to be "forgiving" to the improving student.



                We have collected data which suggest that the number of

                students who would face dismissal in each semester after

                December 1984 would be approximately 5%.  We do not have

                data presently available that would enable us to predict

                what percentage of that approximately 5% would be minority

                students.



                This amendment would be satisfactory to the Faculty

                Admission Committee, the Director of Enrollment Services

                (Ken Rice), the Registrar and the Vice Chancellor of

                Academic Affairs.