VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S019

block, each semester, and each academic year, the student is expected to meet several milestones. These milestones provide a collective picture of making academic progress for promotion to the next block and to the next academic year. Therefore, it is the review of the student’s collective academic progress that is considered, as well as a review of the specific course/rotation failed when the student is brought before the Promotion Board. If during the course of a Promotion Board meeting, behavioral infractions are discovered, the Promotion Board will not make recommendations regarding those infractions but may refer the student to the Honor Code Council or Professional and Ethics Standards Board. Following a discussion of the options available to the Board, as outlined by this policy, the Board should attempt to reach consensus as to recommendations to the Campus Dean. Once consensus appears to have been met, a member of the Board should make a motion on the apparent consensus recommendations and the Associate Dean will seek a second on the motion. Recommendations made by the Promotion Board include, but are not limited to: 5.1 Recommendations by the Promotion Board for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Course Grade(s) A. For a student who is not on Academic Probation and who receives an F course grade, and who has no other F course grades in the current block, the Promotion Board may recommend to the Campus Dean any of the following: • Require the student to successfully remediate the F course grade within one attempt and place the student on academic probation for no less than 1 calendar year. B. For a student who is on Academic Probation and who receives an F course grade, the Promotion Board may recommend to the Campus Dean any of the following: • Require the student who has only one previous F course grade to successfully remediate the F course grade within one attempt and to continue academic probation for no less than 1 calendar year, or • Allow the student to repeat the academic year and to continue academic probation for no less than 1 calendar year, or • Dismiss the student if the collective performance shows failure to make academic progress. C. The Promotion Board may make additional recommendations to the Campus Dean if they believe the case warrants such recommendations. 5.2 Recommendations for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for Repeated F Grades of Required Components of a Course(s) The Promotion Board will convene when a student has repeated F grades of the same or different required components of a course or courses within an academic year, regardless of successful remediation of the component from the previous block.

VCOM Student Promotion Board Policy and Procedures

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