All policies and procedures can be found in the Current College Catalog, located on the College Catalogs web site. This page is used to highlight new policies and procedures. Important documents for academically dismissed students are located at the bottom of this page.
Academic Standards of Progress
Effective July 1, 2009
The maintenance of good academic standing requires students to meet minimum standards for cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA), term GPA*, and total credits as defined below. Failure to meet these standards results in academic dismissal (AD) or academic probation (AP).
Standards for Cumulative GPA and Total Credits
First Term Student | 0.0 - 1.399 | AD AP |
|---|---|---|
First Term Student | Successful completion of fewer than 6 credit (cr.) hours (hrs.) | AD |
Second Term Student | 0.0 - 1.599 | AD |
Second Term Student | Successful completion of fewer than 18 cr. hrs. | AD |
Third Term Students | 0.0 - 1.799 | AD |
Fourth Term Students | Successful completion of fewer than 42 cr. hrs. | AD |
Fourth Term Students and beyond | 0.00 - 1.99 | AD |
Second Term Juniors | Successful completion of fewer than 70 cr. hrs. | AD |
Second Term Seniors | Successful completion of fewer than 95 cr. hrs. | AD |
Tenth Term or Longer Student | Successful completion of fewer than 120 cr. hrs. | AD |
Standards for Term GPA
Any student who has a cumulative GPA above 2.0 but has one term with a term GPA below 2.0 will automatically be placed on academic probation.
Any student who has a cumulative GPA above 2.0 but two consecutive terms with a term GPA below 2.0 is subject to AD.
Any student with a term and cumulative GPA below 2.0 will be subject to the cumulative GPA guidelines in the cumulative GPA section above.
Academic Dismissals
Any student who has been academically dismissed from the College has the right to petition the Committee on Academic Standards to reconsider its decision. Such a request must contain all pertinent information and the information must have a bearing on the student’s poor academic performance. The petition should be directed to the Chair of the Committee on Academic Standards, setting forth clearly all arguments for reconsideration and must be submitted within ten calendar days after the date of the Committee’s written notification of dismissal. Decisions on such appeals by the Committee on Academic Standards shall be considered final.
If a student believes that the aforementioned procedure has not been followed or if the student’s Hartwick College academic record has materially changed since the Committee made its final decision, then the student may address his/her concerns to the Dean of Academic Affairs, who may then refer the case back to the Committee for reconsideration. Any student who successfully appeals and is retained from an academic dismissal will automatically be placed on close scrutiny probation.**
After a period of one year a student who has been academically dismissed is eligible to reapply through the Office of Advising & Registration with acceptance decisions subject to approval by CAS. Should an academically dismissed student successfully complete a minimum of nine credit hours at a regionally accredited college or university, and have a GPA of at least 2.5, and have no grade below a C, that student may apply for early readmission with acceptance decisions subject to approval by CAS.
Students who have been dismissed and readmitted will be AD and no longer be eligible for any further readmission should they fall below minimum academic standards a second time.
Academic Probation
Students on probation are required to sign an agreement with the Committee on Academic Standards and with the Director of Advising & Registration that demonstrates their seriousness of purpose and provides a specific plan for repairing their deficiencies in a mutually agreeable time. Failure to comply with the terms of the probation agreement may result in dismissal.
As part of academic probation, the Committee may require a student to meet special conditions to continue at the College. Some of the conditions that may be recommended include the following:
Probation programs are administered by the Office of Advising & Registration.
A student on close scrutiny probation may be academically dismissed at any time during the term in which the student is on probation if there is evidence to show that he or she is not progressing academically. The Committee on Academic Standards will consider adherence to conditions of probation in its evaluation of a student’s academic progress.
*By term, we mean either fall or spring semester. J Term credits are included in the Spring Term credit calculations but not the Spring Term GPA.
**By close scrutiny probation we mean an organized and systematic set of programs specifically targeted at providing remediation as well as social and emotional support to assist the student in succeeding at Hartwick College.
Reference Documents for Academically Dismissed Students
Responding to the Committee on Academic Standards (pdf)
Guidelines for Appeal (pdf)
Probation Proposal (pdf)
