THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE



                                    FACULTY SENATE







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                                       Senate Document Number  2288S___ 



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                                       Date of Senate Approval 2-25-88_





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      Signature of Senate Chair _________________________ 



      Action of Vice Chancellor:



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                     Approval ________________________  Date ______________



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                     Denied   ________________________  Date ______________



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      Statement of Faculty Senate Action:



                                                             APC  2-11-88



                                   APC Document #14

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                                   ACADEMIC WARNING



           Effective Fall, 1988:



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           ADD to pg. 26 1987-88 Catalog a new section after

           "Academic Load" and before "Academic Eligibility:"





           ACADEMIC WARNING



           To graduate, a student must achieve at least a C average in

           credit hours attempted at UNCA, both in the student's major and

           in the overall degree program.  A student whose cumulative GPA

           falls below a 2.0 at the end of any semester is placed on

           Academic Warning, which is not a punishment but a way of

           extending help to those in academic difficulty.  Students who


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           are on Academic Warning will be notified by the Registrar that

           their schedules have been blocked and they must see a special

           academic advisor.  These students are normally limited to 14

           credit hours per semester and to light summer loads.





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           Rationale:



           "Academic Warning" replaces the traditional "Probation" policy.

           It is different from a suspension and dismissal policy in that

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           it provides an early and clearly defined mechanism to identify

           and counsel weak students.  Institutional Research has

           demonstrated that few of our students whose CGPA's are below 2.0

           in their first two years eventually graduate.  Further, our

           attrition problem correlates very closely with academic

           achievement.  Clearly, then, this group deserves our special

           attention.



           The APC leaves the definition of a "Special Academic Advisor" to

           the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the Office for

           Counselling and Advising.  The intent of this policy is to

           assure that these students be given special attention by some

           advisor before pursuing further inappropriate study that might

           continue to diminish their chances of graduating.



           The above policy statement can stand alone.  It doesn't conflict

           with existing academic eligibility statements since "Academic

           Warning" is not elsewhere mentioned.  It is the intention of the

           APC, however, to follow this policy with a clearer and fairer

           suspension and dismissal policy that will replace the existing

           "Academic Eligibility" section.