Structured Academic Categories Based on its review of student performance, the program director or the APRB may place a student in any one of structured academic categories for remediation and/or sanction. Ordinarily, remedial and/or sanction programs will be implemented by the student’s Program and be monitored by the APRB. The seven structured academic categories include the following: 1. Formal Notice 2. Monitored Academic Status 3. Academic Probation 4. Suspension 5. Requirement to Withdraw 6. Dismissal 7. Expulsion Note that Formal Notice and Monitored Academic Status are programmatic sanctions. Academic Probation, Suspension, Requirement to Withdraw, Dismissal and/or Expulsion are voted on by the APRB and may be applied for either academic or disciplinary sanctions.
1. Formal Notice Formal Notice status indicates that a student requires closer monitoring by the program director. Formal Notice is designed primarily as a program for remediation tailored to an individual student’s specific challenges and/or needs. Students on Formal Notice are strongly encouraged to work with the program director to remediate academic difficulties and to employ all available resources of the school to address issues that may have contributed to their academic difficulties. Students are placed on Formal Notice by their program and this designation does not require a vote of the APRB, although the APRB will be notified and may be consulted in the decision. Ordinarily students will be placed on Formal Notice status for one or more of the following reasons: • Serious comments of concern from a course director or other individual; •
Unsatisfactory or failing grade on an exam in a required/core course
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Failure to meet initial milestones for the mentored research or capstone project; or
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Any deviation from the student's initial plan of instruction because of leave of absence, or requirements to remediate.