Sequence of Academic Suspension
Introduction
While Salish Kootenai College is dedicated to helping every student advance, sometimes situations or personal issues arise that will jeopardize a student’s ability to succeed in the college environment. Lack of academic progress will prompt serious consequences. The following succession of improvement planning highlights how crucial academic success is at SKC.
1. Academic Warning
At the end of the quarter, degree-seeking students whose current and/or cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0 will receive an academic warning. An academic warning serves notice to the student of unsatisfactory progress. The student has one quarter to raise the GPA to 2.0 or higher. Failure to receive a GPA of 2.0 or higher in the next quarter will result in academic probation.
Students and their advisors will be notified simultaneously about the student’s status and all subsequent required actions. Students placed on academic warning will be required to meet with a Success Coach to document the unique reasons leading to the student’s status change to warning and to cooperatively create an individualized improvement plan that will allow the student to improve their situation directed at removing them from a warning status. The student will be solely responsible for initiating and completing the improvement plan. Advisors are encouraged to engage in the entire process and serve as an additional support structure for the students.
Students on academic warning, with a GPA below 2.0, may be asked to temporarily
stop participation in school sponsored athletics, clubs, or government while their GPA
is below 2.0. Additionally, a registration hold will be placed on the student’s account.
Students on warning will not be allowed to register for the next quarter until they have
met with their Success Coach and completed an individualized improvement plan. At
that point, the hold will be lifted.
2. Academic Probation
The purpose of academic probation is to issue students a final warning that failure to improve academically will result in academic suspension. At the end of any quarter, degree-seeking students who were placed on academic warning during their last quarter of attendance, and whose term GPA is < 2.0, will be placed on academic probation. Students that earn a minimum 2.0 GPA for the quarter without raising the cumulative GPA to a 2.0 will remain on academic warning.
Students placed on academic probation will be required to meet with their Success Coach AND academic advisor to collectively determine and document the reason for probation; to review the student’s implementation of their previous improvement plans; and collectively develop a more robust improvement plan, which could include but is not limited to intervention workshops and/or other intervention/supports that align with the student’s academic and/or non-academic needs. Progress reports will be collected by the success coach at the third and sixth week of the probationary quarter to monitor student progress.
Students on academic probation, with a GPA below 2.0, will not be allowed to
participate in school sponsored athletics, clubs, or government. Additionally, a
registration hold will be placed on the student’s account. Students on probation will not
be allowed to register for the next quarter until they have met with their Success Coach
and completed an individualized improvement plan. At that point, the hold will be lifted.
3. Academic Suspension
At the end of the quarter, students who were placed on academic probation during their last quarter of attendance, and whose term GPA is still below 2.0, will be academically suspended. The effect of academic suspension is that the student may not enroll in classes for a quarter. The student may petition the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs for limited enrollment privileges for this quarter. Students on academic suspension may not re-enroll unless the Vice President of Academic Affairs approves an appeal for enrollment. During suspension, students are not eligible for financial aid, scholarships, work-study, or extra-curricular activities.
Student placed on suspension are required to meet with their Success Coach to identify continuing issues and discuss the student’s improvement plans after the quarter of suspension. Success Coaches will work with the student, Financial Aid, Academic Advisor, and other services to advise the student regarding options and return process. Students may participate in non-credit bearing intervention workshops during their quarter off to prepare for a successful return to courses in a subsequent quarter.
Students who are granted an appeal are required to meet with their advisor, success coach, and Financial Aid to discuss implications of their situation and create a success plan, which may include intervention workshops and other supports, prior to enrolling in courses. The student’s class schedule will be limited to courses the student needs to repeat for credit, with credit load consideration based on individual circumstances. Students enrolling in courses following a successful appeal may only enroll in a maximum of 9 credits of previously attempted courses in their degree plan where they received a D,F, or W. Further, students are not eligible for financial aid, scholarships, work-study, or extra-curricular activities during this suspension quarter.
Students enrolling following a quarter off from classes due to suspension are required to meet with their Success Coach, Financial Aid, the Vice President of Academic Affairs, and their Academic Advisor to revisit previous obstacles. An individualized improvement plan must be in place prior to registration as condition of re-entry. Students will re-enter at the probation level. Students will not be allowed to participate in school sponsored athletics, clubs, or government during this re-entry quarter.
A registration hold will be placed the accounts of all students placed on suspension.
Students on suspension will not be allowed to register for courses until they
have met with their Success Coach and completed an individualized improvement plan,
in addition to completing the above outlined criteria. At that point, the hold will be lifted.
| Example |
Reason |
| Academic Warning |
Quarter or Cumulative GPA Below 2.0 |
| Academic Probation |
Failure to Improve, 2nd Quarter with GPA<2.0 |
| Academic Suspension |
1 Quarter without Enrollment (limited enrollment with approved appeal) |
| Reinstatement |
Return of Probationary Status |
Waiver of Regulations
Rules, regulations, and policies in this Catalog have been adopted by the Board of Directors, Administration, Faculty, and staff and are subject to modification and revision by those who have adopted them. If a student feels that extenuating circumstances might justify the waiver of a particular College regulation, he/she may file a petition with the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Withdrawals
Students may withdraw by filing the proper form with the Registrar’s Office within the filing deadlines. Classes dropped through the add period will not reflect on the transcript. After the last day to add courses, students will receive a letter grade as assigned by the instructor. Grades of “W” are not removed from the student’s permanent record.