Students with unusual circumstances which prevent them from meeting these requirements may petition the Committee on Academic Status for an extension. B. Academic Performance. Students should consider these meetings to be mandatory. All advisories will be noted on grade report forms but will not be a part of permanent records. Such students may submit an appeal for a rescission of the suspension to the Committee on Academic Status.
First suspensions are for a period of one academic semester.
Students receiving a suspension at the end of a fall semester are eligible to resume their studies at the beginning of the next fall semester. Students receiving a suspension at the end of a spring semester are eligible to resume their studies at the beginning of the next spring semester. This period of suspension allows students time to reflect upon the sources of their academic difficulties and return to the College better prepared to meet the academic expectations of the faculty. Students placed on suspension should choose carefully the activities they pursue during the period of suspension because they will be expected to explain and justify those choices as part of the procedure for returning from a suspension. Return to the College after a first suspension is highly likely but not automatic.