The dean, after reviewing the case will, if he agrees with the recommendation, notify the student that if the criteria for rescinding probation have not been met by the end of the specified period, the probation will be extended, or the student will be dismissed. A student who has been on probation for two semesters must be dismissed at the end of that time if the probation is not rescinded. Copies of all letters concerning warning, probation, and dismissal are placed in the student's file and notification forwarded to the registrar and vice president for student affairs. Breaches of professional conduct may lead to immediate dismissal. Professional conduct includes professional courtesy to instructors, directors, and fellow students, and promptness for rehearsals and performances.
All students work in productions as cast.
Should further projects be proposed, such as any work that is not part of the prescribed work of the official program, those proposals must be approved by the faculty teaching the professional acting students. A high percentage of graduates from the Acting Program at Purchase have found employment in the acting profession. Acting graduate Wesley Snipes played leading roles in films such as New Jack City, Passenger 57, and Rising Sun . Bob Burke plays the title role in Robocop III . Recently, Purchase graduates appeared on Broadway in A Few Good Men, Our Country's Good, Shimada, Search and Destroy, and The Miser .