Academic Standing

Academic Forgiveness Policy

The Academic Forgiveness option is available to degree-seeking students re-entering Presentation College. This policy offers currently enrolled students a one-time, one-year window of opportunity to petition for Academic Forgiveness, allowing students who earlier had experienced academic difficulty to improve their academic standing and GPA. To be eligible for Academic Forgiveness students must:

1. Have been absent from Presentation College for a minimum of three years; and
2. Be currently enrolled at Presentation College; and
3. Have completed a minimum of 12 credits with at least a 2.50 cumulative GPA in residence since re-admittance to Presentation College; and
4. Not have completed a degree at Presentation College; and
5. Not have previously been awarded Academic Forgiveness at Presentation College; and
6. Have submitted the request for Academic Forgiveness within one year of re-admittance.

Students may petition for Academic Forgiveness for one or two semesters' coursework completed at Presentation College prior to their absence by written request to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. All coursework will continue to be recorded on the students' official academic record and the semester(s) forgiven will be noted on the academic transcript. All college credit earned during the semester(s) forgiven will be eliminated from the computation of the student GPA and cannot be used to satisfy any graduation requirements.

The granting of Academic Forgiveness does not supersede institutional financial aid policies governing Satisfactory Academic Progress. Students should be aware that this policy might not be honored at other institutions of higher learning.

Review of Academic Standing

Undergraduate Students

Presentation College monitors all undergraduate students' academic progress after fall and spring terms to determine academic standing. Students who are placed on an Academic Improvement Plan may also have their academic standings reviewed after completion of summer terms.

Good Academic Standing

An undergraduate student is in good academic standing if the cumulative GPA is 2.00 or above; select majors may require higher standards.

Academic Warning

When an undergraduate student's semester GPA falls below 2.00 but cumulative GPA remains above 2.00, the student is placed on academic warning. Advisors and students create strategies to remedy the situation. Academic warning will be noted on the transcript.

Academic Probation

An undergraduate student who earns below a 2.00 cumulative GPA during any semester is placed on academic probation. The Registrar’s Office will notify students, their advisors, and their deans of probationary status in writing. Academic probation will be noted on the transcript. For their welfare and guidance, students on academic probation will be placed on an Academic Recovery Plan, which may include the following:

1. Enrollment in and successful completion of GE 021 Success Academy Lab II;
2. A maximum enrollment in 14 credits, including GE 021 Success Academy Lab II, allowed during the next term of enrollment;
3. A minimum of three appointments with the academic advisor.

Academic Suspension

Based on credits attempted at Presentation College, an undergraduate student will be subject to dismissal from the College if:

1. The student receives three Fs in one semester or four Fs in the last two semesters attended (including summer); or
2. The cumulative GPA falls below 2.00 for two consecutive semesters (not including summer); or
3. The semester GPA falls below 0.75; or
4. The student is admitted to Presentation College on a probationary basis and fails to earn a term GPA of 2.00 in the admitting semester.

A student may request appeal of a suspension within the timeframe designated in the suspension letter. If appeal of the suspension is not granted, the student may seek readmission to the College as an unclassified student after one semester of suspension. Academic suspension will be noted on the transcript.

If a student chooses to seek readmission to Presentation College as a classified student after one semester of suspension, the student must undergo review by the Admissions Appeal Committee, on which the Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee) participates.

The Committee will review the status of the prospective probationary student, requiring a written appeal which will include two letters of recommendation and completion of a short questionnaire. Conditions for readmission will include entrance on probationary status, along with the required participation in an academic improvement plan that may include additional methods of remediation, mandatory counseling, mandatory appointments with the academic advisor, and/or specific class or clinical attendance requirements, and enrollment in the appropriate one-credit Success Academy Lab course. Violations of the academic improvement plan may result in dismissal from Presentation College.

Other Grounds for Academic Suspension/Probation

Students may also be given an official warning and subsequent probation or suspension for continued absences from class, continued failure in assignments over a period of time, or an attitude depicting a lack of motivation and interest as documented by faculty over a period of time. Continuation of the condition after a semester of probation will be considered grounds for suspension. The physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of students is an essential component of educational development. Therefore, a student may be requested by the College to submit evidence of health as determined by a physician or other qualified professional any time during the course of the student’s education. If a student is believed to be an immediate threat to the safety of himself/herself or others, the College reserves the right to request the student to obtain immediate professional assistance, to withdraw, or to take a leave of absence for a specific period of time. The College reserves the right to request that a physician or other qualified professional be given authorization by a student to provide written documentation to Presentation College stating that he/she is in good physical, mental, and emotional health.

The College reserves the right to administratively withdraw a student from a class or all classes if, in the judgment of the appropriate College officials, such withdrawal is in the best interests of the student and the College. A “WF” grade is given to a student with a College-initiated withdrawal after the last date to withdraw in each semester. A “W” may be given prior to the last date to withdraw. A “WF” is computed into the grade point average as 0.00 grade points per credit hour.