Students receiving academic warning should immediately contact their advisors. Deans may rescind academic warning status if they determine that warning status has been inappropriately applied. Any student having a cumulative grade point average below 2.000 after the completion of 30 credits and two semesters at UMass Dartmouth, or who shall have received academic warning in two consecutive semesters, shall be placed in academic probation. Notice of probationary status shall be available to the student's dean, department chairperson, and academic advisor, or, in the case of students who have yet to declare a major, to their advisors of record and to the Academic Advising Center. The purpose of academic probation is to notify the student of the possibility of his or her dismissal from the university for academic reasons, and of the seriousness of the student's position.
Academic probation has serious consequences.
Students who have been placed on academic probation may not serve on university committees, participate in student government organizations, or represent the university in intercollegiate athletics. The director of athletics may recommend to the Council of Academic Deans academic requirements more restrictive than or in addition to university requirements, if such changes are necessary to conform to intercollegiate athletic association regulations. Additionally, a student group governing a particular student activity, with the approval of the dean of students, may require academic performance of its student members which is greater than that which is required by the university for good standing. The Academic Eligibility Review Committee, composed of faculty appointed and chaired by the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, may review requests for waiver of these sanctions. The committee considers cases in which a student s performance is close to the required standard and where recent good progress has been shown.