2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog - Kettering University

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ACADEMIC SERVICES
Carol Brooks, Director for Academic Services
Room 3-322 AB, 810-762-9775
cbrooks@kettering.edu
MISSION STATEMENT
The Office of Academic Services supports the University’s Mission of preparing future leaders for a global workplace
through the provision of: academic advising and student academic support services.
The academic advising process is a process of continuous improvement, clarification, and evaluation with the aim of
realizing student outcomes and institutional advising goals. It is based on a system of shared responsibility between
student and advisor.
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC WARNING OR PROBATION
Levels of Performance Deficiencies
Kettering University has established three levels of academic deficiency: academic warning, probation 1 and probation 2. These are designed
to clearly inform the student how serious the academic deficiency is to the student's successful completion of their degree program and what
level performance the student must achieve in future work in order to regain good academic standing.
Academic Warning
Academic Warning occurs at any time in a student's academic career when the student's prior academic term met the criteria for good
academic standing but the student fails to maintain all three
DETERMINATION OF ACADEMIC STANDING good standing criteria at the end of their present academic
term.
GOOD STANDING
Occurs during an academic term when a student
has obtained:
- 12 credit hours
- 80 term GPA
- 80 cumulative GPA
WARNING
Occurs when the prior term is good standing
and a student fails to maintain all three good
standing criteria.
PROBATION 1 (P1)
Occurs when the prior term is warning and
the student fails to achieve all three good
standing criteria.
PROBATION 2 (P2)
Occurs when the prior term is probation 1
and the student fails to achieve all three good
standing criteria.
ACADEMIC DISMISSAL
Occurs when the prior term is probation 2,
the student does not show a significant
academic improvement, and/or fails to
achieve all three good standing criteria.
GOOD
STANDING
Any point prior
to dismissal, a
student may
return to good
standing by
meeting ALL
of the criteria
for good standing
as stated:
-12 credit hrs
-80 term GPA
-80 cum GPA
Warning status is for one academic term. (This term begins
the next academic term following the good standing term.)
A student on academic warning must participate in
academic advising through the Academic Services Office.
Probation 1
Probation 1 occurs when a student's prior academic term
met the criteria for academic warning and the student fails
to achieve all three good standing criteria at the end of
their present academic term.
While on probation 1, juniors and seniors will be allowed
to register for a maximum of twenty credit hours including
labs. Freshman and sophomores will be allowed to register
for a maximum of four courses and associated labs. All
such students must participate in academic advising
through the Academic Services Department.
Probation 1 is for one academic term. This term begins
with the next academic term (in which a student takes at
least 12 credit hours) following the warning status term.
A student who meets all of the criteria for good standing
at the end of the probation 1 term will be granted good
standing status.
Probation 2
Probation 2 occurs when a student's prior academic status
was probation 1 and the student fails to achieve all three
good standing criteria at the end of their present academic
term.