Parents & Family: Succeed w/ my Student: Grades & Academic Policies

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act  (FERPA)

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For more information, visit the registrar's website http://registrar.iupui.edu/ferpa/ .

Probation, Dismissal and Reinstatement Policies

Probation

1. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 will be placed on academic probation.  All students will be allowed at least one semester of probation prior to being academically dismissed.  Students will be informed of their probationary status by letter.
2. Students may continue on probation when their semester GPA is 2.0 or above but their cumulative GPA is below a 2.0.
3. Students will be removed from their probationary status once their cumulative GPA is 2.0 or above.

Dismissal

1. Students on probation who have completed a minimum of 12 IUPUI grade point average (GPA) hours are subject to dismissal if they fail to attain a GPA of at least 2.0 in any two consecutive semesters (fall and spring) and their cumulative GPA is below 2.0.
2. Students who are dismissed for the first time must sit out for a minimum of one regular (fall or spring) semester and petition by the established deadlines to be reinstated.  Reinstatement is not automatic.  Students’ chances of re-admission will be enhanced by taking workshops, removing grades of incomplete, undertaking assessment of their academic problems, and providing evidence of their ability to do successful academic work upon their reinstatement to IUPUI.
3. Students dismissed two or more times must remain out of school for two regular (fall and spring) semesters and petition by the established deadlines to be reinstated.  Re-admission after a second dismissal is extremely rare.  Students’ chances of re-admission will be enhanced by taking workshops,  removing grades of incomplete, undertaking assessment of their academic problems, and providing evidence of their ability to do successful academic work upon their reinstatement to IUPUI.

Reinstatement

1. Reinstatement will be the decision of the school to which students are petitioning.
2. Students who are reinstated will be classified as probationary students until their cumulative GPA is 2.0 or above. During the first regularly enrolled semester on probation, the student must achieve a semester GPA of at least a 2.3. In each subsequent semester on probation, the student must achieve a semester GPA of 2.0. Failure to meet the semester GPA requirement will result in dismissal.
3. Students who are reinstated must register before the first day of class of the term for which they are reinstated. If a student does not register, a service indicator blocking registration will be placed on the student’s record on the first day of class. In addition, a note will be placed in the student's file indicating that the student failed to meet the registration deadline.

Please Note

In order to ensure equity between inter-campus transfer students and transfer students from outside the IU system, only IUPUI grades will be considered in determining probation and dismissal.

The School of Liberal Arts, School of Science, and University College, in agreement with this common policy, will honor academic probation and dismissal status from other units.

Students may also be academically dismissed or released from a particular program if they do not make consistent and appropriate academic progress relevant to their fields of study. This is left to the discretion of the appropriate officer in the school.

University College policy concerning academic dismissal is that students who are dismissed for the first time from IUPUI, IUB, PU, IU regional campuses, or other IUPUI schools, must sit out for a minimum of one regular (fall or spring) semester and petition by the established deadlines to be reinstated.

Administrative Withdrawal Policy

Students who miss more than 50% of their class meetings of a given section during the first four weeks of the fall or spring semesters may be administratively withdrawn from that course unless documentation of contact with their course instructor, academic unit or academic advisor is provided. Undergraduate students may be administratively withdrawn regardless of class level. This Administrative Withdrawal Policy may be implemented in all undergraduate level courses subject to the following provisions:

• The Administrative Withdrawal Policy must be approved by appropriate faculties in an academic unit for use in all sections of a multi-section course. Administrative withdrawal is not a section-level policy.
• The Administrative Withdrawal Policy must be included in the course syllabus with specific language as to the policy. Students must be informed that administrative withdrawal may have an impact on their Financial Aid awards and/or student visa status.
• When an Administrative Withdrawal Policy is utilized, the course instructor must take attendance. The course instructor initiates the administrative withdrawal process and has the right to stop the process at any time.
• The Administrative Withdrawal Policy for each academic unit should include a provision of student notification prior to the administrative withdrawal.
• Administrative withdrawal will take place after the fee refund period. Students who are administratively withdrawn from the course will not be eligible for a tuition refund.
• Administrative withdrawals will be managed through policies established by each academic unit in consultation with the Registrar’s Office.
• Academic units may establish an Administrative Withdrawal Policy more restrictive than provisions outlined by this policy.

The Registrar’s Office will report each semester on the number of administrative withdrawals for each course.
Approved by IUPUI Faculty Council, May 1, 2003
Approved by Academic Affairs Committee February 21, 2003
http://registrar.iupui.edu/withdrawal-policy.html 

Courses participating in administrative withdrawal are:

Early Warning

In the fourth week of each semester, faculty are asked to report on students who are not performing well in their classes.   Letters are mailed to students encouraging them to contact their instructors or an advisor for assistance in the course.