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Academic Probation,
Suspension, and Withdrawal
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Suspension, and Withdrawal
All students of the University are required
to meet certain academic standards. Regulations regarding
academic probation, suspension, and withdrawal are designed
to provide close supervision of the program of study and progress
of students. Failure to meet standards will place students
on academic probation or suspension. The minimum satisfactory
standard of achievement is a grade point average of 2.00.
Each student's transcript will be evaluated
at the end of the fall and spring semesters. Because all students
are expected to maintain an overall grade point average of
at least 2.00, which is a requirement for graduation, any
student whose cumulative grade point average is less than
2.00 will be placed in one of the following categories:
1. Academic Probation
Students whose overall grade point average is less than the
appropriate level indicated below are placed on academic probation.
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Semester Hours Attempted
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Required Grade Point
Average
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0-29.5
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1.60
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30-59.5
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1.80
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60 or more
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2.00
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Academic probation
will be imposed only after the student has attempted a minimum
of 12 semester hours. While on academic probation, the student,
with the approval of the Registrar, will be allowed to register
only for 13 hours or less.
- Academics in Motion Admission: The academic progress of students who are admitted through the AIM program will be evaluated after each semester of enrollment until they have completed 16 hours at DBU. All AIM students who fall below a 2.0 grade point average during the first 16 hours at DBU will be placed on Academic Probation with additional requirements from the Registrar. Should a student who has been placed on Academic Probation not reach a GPA of 2.0 by the end of the semester following being placed on
2. Academic Suspension
Any student on academic probation whose cumulative grade point
average falls below the appropriate level indicated below
will be placed on academic suspension and removed from the
University for the following long semester (fall/spring):
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Semester Hours Attempted
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Required Grade Point
Average
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0-29.5
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1.40
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30-59.5
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1.60
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60 or more
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1.80
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NOTE: A student notified of academic suspension
who has earned a grade point average of 2.50 or better in
his/her last 12 semester hours of work attempted may apply
in writing to the Registrar for an extension of probation
in lieu of suspension.
Suspended
students wishing to return to DBU must have their file reviewed
by the Registrar and the Admissions Committee for a determination
of their eligibility to reenroll. Students should contact
the Registrar no later than three weeks prior to registration
to have their file reviewed. The Registrar will send
a recommendation to the Admissions Committee. In no instance
is a student to assume that readmission is automatic after
having been placed on suspension for failure to meet minimum
academic standards. Reinstated students will be placed on
academic probation during the first long semester of reinstatement
and must remove the grade point deficiency within two long
semesters or be subject to a second suspension. Students placed
on academic suspension for the second time will not be eligible
to reapply and re-enroll for 12 months. In no instance is
a student to assume that readmission is automatic after having
been placed on suspension a second time for failure to meet
minimum academic standards. A student placed on academic suspension
for a third time will not be readmitted to the University.
3. Administrative Withdrawal
The Provost, and/or the Vice President for Student Affairs
reserve the right to withdraw a student from classes and/or
the University for nondisciplinary reasons if such action
is deemed in the best interest of the student and/or the University.
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