REQUIRED GRADE POINT AVERAGES
Required grade point averages for students according to number of hours attempted at Jefferson State are:
- Students who have attempted 12-21 semester credit hours at the college must maintain a 1.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA).
- Students who have attempted 22-32 semester credit hours at the college must maintain a 1.75 cumulative GPA.
- Students who have attempted 33 or more semester credit hours at the college must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA.
CLEAR STATUS
The status of a student whose cumulative grade point average is at or above the level required by this policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution. It is synonymous with “Good Standing.”
ACADEMIC PROBATION
- The status of a student whose cumulative GPA falls below the level required by this policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution; or
- The status of a student who was on academic probation the previous term and whose cumulative GPA for that term remained below the level required by this policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution but whose semester GPA for that term was 2.0 or above; or
- The status of a student who has re-entered the institution after being suspended for one term or one year (or after being granted readmission upon appeal).
ONE SEMESTER ACADEMIC SUSPENSION
The status of a student who was on academic probation the previous term but who has never been suspended or who, since suspension, had achieved clear academic status and whose cumulative GPA that term was below the level required by this policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution and whose semester GPA for that term was below 2.0.
ONE CALENDAR YEAR ACADEMIC SUSPENSION
The status of a student who was on academic probation the previous term and who had been previously suspended without since having achieved clear academic status and whose cumulative GPA that term remained below the level required by this policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution and whose semester GPA for that term was below 2.0.
APPEAL OF SUSPENSION
A student who is suspended for one term or one calendar year may request consideration for readmission. Completing and submitting a “College Policies Complaints/Appeals Form” initiates the procedure. The meeting of the College Policies Appeals Committee shall not be considered a due process hearing, but rather a petition for readmission. The Committee will review the student’s written statement of mitigating circumstances in support of immediate readmission. The decision of the College Policies Appeals Committee, together with the materials presented by the student, shall be placed in the college’s official records. If, after appeal, the student is readmitted without serving the one term suspension, the transcript will read “Suspended – One Semester/Readmitted Upon Appeal.” The student is readmitted upon appeal and re-enters the institution on academic probation. If, after appeal, the student is readmitted without serving the one calendar year suspension, the transcript will read “Suspended One Year/Readmitted Upon Appeal”. The student is readmitted upon appeal and re-enters the institution on academic probation.
