Policy Register
3342-3-01.5 Administrative policy regarding academic forgiveness.
(A) Purpose. The university adopted a general forgiveness policy on the third of February, 1975, in order to recognize the increased maturity of students who have been out of school for a significant period of time. The university will adjust probation to reflect increased maturity.
(B) Eligibility. Former university students who have been away from the university for three calendar years or more and who have not attended an accredited institution of higher learning are eligible for this program.
(C) Procedure.
(1) In order for a returning student to take advantage of the academic forgiveness policy, it will be necessary for the student to make application for the program through the office of the dean of the college at the time of readmission. Established collegial policies for readmission will be followed. The student is not obligated to reenter the university under this program.
(2) A diagnostic examination is required of all dismissed students admitted under the terms of this policy. The student will be admitted on the normal probation as established by the college or school. If the student achieves a 2.0 average in either the next fifteen or thirty semester hours attempted, all the "D's" and "F's" in the student's record will be removed from the cumulative average but not from the transcript. Probation, if any, will then be recalculated and the student so notified. The reason for the new cumulative average will appear on the student's transcript.
(3) If the student fails to achieve a 2.0 average in those fifteen or thirty semester hours, all previous work will be included in the student's total cumulative average and the student will be dismissed or continued on probation according to this cumulative average.
(D) Supplementary information.
(1) This policy is intended for mature students who have left the university under dismissal on probation or with a relatively weak, but acceptable, cumulative average. Eligibility for the program will be determined by the dean of the student's college or school.
(2) When a student elects the academic forgiveness policy, none of the work at "D" level will be counted in the cumulative hours toward graduation. Only required courses originally taken with a "D" will have to be reearned by enrollment in the course or through credit by examination. On the other hand, should the student and the adviser feel that the subject has been mastered at a reasonable level, the student could attempt a continuation of the courses without having, technically speaking, credit for a prerequisite. The student could add other work towards the total number of hours needed for graduation and not in any sense "make up" "D" level work which had to be removed from the graduation total.
Effective: June 1, 2007
Prior Effective Dates: Prior to November 4, 1977; March 11, 1982
