Academic Standing
2004-2006 Undergraduate Catalog | Catalogs

Each Roosevelt University undergraduate has an academic standing which is determined by the Roosevelt grade point average (GPA) and unfinished course work (any course with a grade of I, IP, or F). Academic standings are as follows: good standing, academic alert, admitted on probation, academic probation, academic suspension, reinstated on probation, and academic dismissal.

Good standing requires a cumulative RU GPA of 2.0 or higher and fewer than nine total semester hours of unfinished courses.

Academic alert is issued to students in good standing who have at least one of the following: Roosevelt GPA between a 2.2 and 2.0 and/or 9 to 11 semester hours of unfinished courses. Students who have received an academic alert remain in good standing and have no restrictions. The academic alert is cancelled when the Roosevelt GPA is raised sufficiently and/or sufficient course work is completed. At times it is possible for students to repeat courses at Roosevelt to improve their Roosevelt GPA or to reduce their total number of unfinished semester hours. Courses repeated at other colleges will not be considered. Students may graduate in good standing with academic alert. Academic alerts will not appear on their final transcripts.

Admitted on probation. Students admitted on probation must maintain a Roosevelt GPA of 2.0 or higher during their first semester of registration. Students who do not earn the minimum GPA will be academically suspended from the University. Students admitted on probation are limited to 12 semester hours and may be strongly encouraged to register for fewer.

Academic probation. To be placed on probation, students must have one or more of the following: Roosevelt GPA below 2.0 or 12 to 14 semester hours of unfinished courses. To remain at Roosevelt, students must return to good standing by raising their Roosevelt GPA to 2.0 or above and reducing their unfinished course work to fewer than 12 semester hours in the next term of registration. Students who do not return to good standing but achieve a semester GPA of at least 2.2 are continued on probation. Students on academic probation are limited to 12 semester hours per term. Students on academic probation must be advised in the advising centers.

Academic suspension. Students on probation are placed on academic suspension at the end of the term if they have a Roosevelt GPA below 2.0 and a semester average below 2.2 or 15 or more hours of unfinished courses. Students on academic suspension will be notified of this action on their grade mailers and in letters from the Academic Status and Progress Committee. Students on academic suspension are eligible to appeal their suspension and petition the committee for reinstatement.

Students on academic suspension may not register for or audit classes, negotiate with professors for grades other than those already posted, or make further arrangements to remove incompletes unless reinstated by the Academic Status and Progress Committee. All grade changes submitted for students who have been suspended will be held by the University registrar until the student has been reinstated. Unless so directed by the Academic Status and Progress Committee, the registrar will leave the same academic standing designation on the student’s transcript. Students should inform the Academic Status and Progress Committee immediately if there are late or missing grades or errors in their records. The Committee will then act to clear these discrepancies.

Reinstatement on probation

Students on academic suspension may petition the Academic Status and Progress Committee for reinstatement. The required form is available from the advising center at either campus or can be printed online at www.roosevelt.edu/advising/acadstand.htm. The committee reviews petitions several times each semester. If granted reinstatement, the student’s academic standing is changed to reinstated on probation. Reinstated students are expected to adhere to the requirements listed under academic probation to remain at Roosevelt University.

The University views the reinstatement process as an opportunity to help students achieve academic success. The Academic Status and Progress Committee usually limits students’ subsequent enrollment to six credit hours and imposes other conditions on their continuing at Roosevelt. These conditions may include, but are not limited to, career or other counseling; ongoing contact with the advising centers; or additional course work or tutorials. The Academic Status and Progress Committee cannot guarantee that a student will be reinstated to their original college or major.

Academic dismissal

If the Committee decides that the student should not be reinstated for any future term, the student’s status is changed from academic suspension to academic dismissal. In such cases, students will be notified in writing of their permanent academic dismissal by the chair of the committee. Students who are academically dismissed may have the Committee’s decision reviewed by the assistant vice president for enrollment services, whose decision is final.