Adequate Progress toward a Degree and Academic Standing
The university defines “adequate progress toward a degree” as the maintenance of a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher at the undergraduate level and 3.0 or higher at the graduate level. Students are subject to the following academic sanctions when their cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 at the undergraduate level and 3.0 at the graduate level. Students are subject to academic sanction whenever both of the following conditions are met:
- Student is registered for at least half-time (6 credits at the undergraduate level and 3 credits at the graduate level) in a semester.
- In that semester, the undergraduate student's cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0 or the graduate student's cumulative GPA falls below a 3.0.
For the purposes of this policy, the university identifies fall term, spring term, and summer term as "semesters."
Academic Warning
A student is placed on academic warning when his/her cumulative GPA drops below the level defined above as “adequate progress.” The student will be removed from academic warning status whenever his/her cumulative GPA return to the level required for adequate progress. Academic warning notifies a student that he/she has a GPA that might impede his/her ability to meet graduation requirements. Academic warning status does not restrict course load, eligibility for intercollegiate athletics, or the right to hold student office. It does specifically render the student ineligible for directed/independent studies.
Academic Probation
A student is placed on academic probation when the student has been on academic warning status for one semester and has failed in the following semester to raise his/her cumulative GPA to the level required for adequate progress. The University, however, reserves the right to place a student on probation without a previous semester on warning.
A student will be removed from academic probation when his/her cumulative GPA return to the level required for adequate progress.
While on probation, the student is ineligible for intercollegiate athletics, and the course load is restricted — unless otherwise stated — to thirteen semester credits. In addition, the student on probation is ineligible for directed/independent studies and may be required to accept academic counseling.
Academic Suspension
A student is placed on academic suspension after he/she has been on academic probation for one semester and has failed in the following semester to raise his/her cumulative GPA to the level required for adequate progress. The University, however, reserves the right to suspend a student without a prior semester on academic probation. The suspension is two terms in length and is usually served in the term immediately following the suspension.
Academic probation may be continued in lieu of suspension if the University of Jamestown cumulative grade point average improves but is below that required for good standing, providing the semester average is at or above adequate progress level.
A student who has been suspended may request re-admittance to the University of Jamestown after one semester. His or her status will be reviewed by the Dean and Vice President for Student Affairs. The student will be notified whether he or she will be re-admitted on academic probation or denied admission.