Satisfactory Academic Progress

Good Standing

To be in good standing, a student must maintain a minimum 2.00 GPA and CGPA each semester.

Promotion

All courses required in each semester must be satisfactorily completed before promotion to the next semester.

Academic Warning Notice

Students with a quiz/exam average below 75 and/or unsatisfactory clinical performance will receive a written academic warning notice of unsatisfactory progress from the course instructor.  This determination can be made by the evaluating faculty at any time during the course.

The student will be advised of the need for a higher level of performance throughout his/her evaluating period.  In order to assure due process,  the student will be regularly advised of unsatisfactory academic and/or clinical progress through the following means:  theory grades,  anecdotal records,  conferences,  conferences with documentation and student plan for improvement,  and/or warning notices.

The course instructor will send copies of the Academic Warning Notice to the student,  the chairperson of the Admission and Evaluations Committee,  the student’s advisor and academic folder.

Academic Failure

The student who does not meet course criteria by the end of the course will receive a failing grade.

In the event of course failure,  the following persons are to be notified by the course instructor:  the student, the student’s advisor,  the Director,  and the Chairperson of the Admissions and Evaluations Committee.  The course instructor will advise the student to contact his/her advisor.

• Dismissal  -  A student is subject to dismissal following:
  • receipt of a grade of less than a C in any required course
  • failure to provide safe,  effective and supportive nursing care in clinical practice at that level of instruction.

Academic Hearing

A student wishing to appeal an academic failure should begin the process by consulting first with the course and/or evaluating instructor,  and the student’s advisor.  The advisor will counsel the student to objectively review circumstances relating to the academic failure.  If no resolution is achieved then the student may request an academic hearing by presenting,  in writing,  any evidence of intentional lack of due process,  bias and/or inconsistent application of standards to the Director of the School.  The Director will then determine if there is sufficient evidence for a hearing based on the student’s documentation.