At the end of each term the Committee on Academic Standing reviews the records of all students enrolled in the School of General Studies to determine who maintains good standing, who will be placed on academic probation, and who will be suspended or dismissed. In order to be declared in good standing, a student is expected to maintain semester and cumulative averages of 2.0 or higher, complete at least half the program for a better grade, and incur no grades of UW or F. Students who fail to maintain these standards are subject to academic probation. A student may not receive an incomplete while on probation.
Probation is a formal warning that immediate and significant improvement is necessary.
Advisers in the Office of the Dean of Students offer the support necessary to help students on academic probation return to good standing. In some cases, a student might instead be continued on probation or suspended from school for some time from the School of General Studies. The Committee on Academic Standing will specify conditions for possible readmission at the time of suspension. A student can be placed on probation for poor performance using the same criteria during summer sessions. Probation can only be cleared during summer session if a student has taken more Columbia credits that summer.