APC     #8

                                                    Senate  #10

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                                                    Approved _____







                                   APC Document #8

                                  December 11, 1986





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           A Proposal to Revise the Academic Probation, Suspension

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           and Dismissal Policy



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           DELETE from UNCA Catalog 1986-1987, pg. 27, Academic

           Eligibility:



           Whole section.



           ADD to same section:



           Academic probation is not intended to be a punitive sanction

           against students who fail to meet the academic standard noted

           below.  It is intended, rather, as a means to identify, notify

           and extend help to students who seem, for whatever reason, to be

           jeopardizing the possibility of their eventual graduation.



           The University of North Carolina at Asheville has established

           2.0 as the minimum grade point average which must be met by

           students wishing to continue their studies at the University.  A

           grade point average of 2.0 on work attempted at UNCA since the

           beginning of the 1978 Fall Semester is required for graduation.

           Also, a minimum GPA 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.) A student

           whose grade point average at the end of any term is below 2.0

           will be placed on academic probation.



           Students on probation are limited to 12 hours in a semester and

           to 8 hours in a summer session.  Probation regulations apply to

           all classifications of students.  Probation notices will be

           printed on grade report forms at the end of each term.  Students

           are expected to be aware at all times of their academic status

           and to be responsible for knowing whether or not they are on

           academic probation.



           If, at the end of two semesters (excluding summer terms) on

           probation, the overall grade point average is below a 2.0, the

           student will receive a one-semester suspension from the

           University.  Suspended students may be readmitted after one

           semester and will then have two semesters in which to bring

           their overall grade point averages to the 2.0 minimum.



           Students who have not achieved a 2.0 minimum GPA by the end of 4

           semesters on probation will be dismissed.  No student who has

           been dismissed for academic cause will be considered for







           readmission for a period of one year.



           This new policy will become effective with the grades earned at

           the end of the 1987 Fall Semester.  Continuing students who are

           on probation (either initial or terminal) at the beginning of

           the 1987 Fall Semester may continue on probation for two

           semesters.



           The Academic Appeals Board has the authority to reconsider

           individual suspension and dismissal cases where there may be

           extenuating circumstances, especially where students are

           demonstrating substantial progress toward removal of

           probationary status.







           ADD to Faculty Handbook:



           An Academic Appeals Board shall be comprised of four (4) ranked

           faculty members who serve one year renewable terms.  Members

           shall be recommended by the Faculty Welfare Committee and

           appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.  The

           Board shall be charged with the expeditious review of written

           appeals from suspended or dismissed students.  It shall be

           empowered to authorize the readmission of suspended or dismissed

           students where sufficient substantial cause has been

           demonstrated to convince the Board that a student does currently

           have the ability and motivation to complete his degree program

           in a timely manner.