VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S019

H. The Class President may join the meeting to discuss and answer any questions on course issues or block issues that may have impacted the class as a whole. The Class President is not in attendance to serve as a character witness or advocate for the student. I. Following the above steps, the student will be invited to present. The student will be asked if they give permission for the Class President to remain in the meeting while they present or if they would like them to be dismissed prior to their presentation. The student will be then allowed to make a 10-minute presentation to the Board regarding their performance and any additional considerations the student believes pertinent to the deliberations. Following the student’s presentation, the members of the Promotion Board may ask further questions of the student. J. The Class President and the student who has been brought before the Promotion Board are dismissed prior to deliberation and voting. K. The Promotion Board will deliberate based on the information presented to them. 5. PROMOTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS The Promotion Board will deliberate based on the information presented to them. Promotion Board recommendations are made by examining the student’s comprehensive academic performance through examination of the student’s academic record, including GPA. Each block, each semester, and each academic year, the student is expected to meet several milestones. These milestones provide a collective picture of whether the student is making academic progress for promotion to the next block, next semester, and 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 Ethical Standards Board (PESB). 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. A recommendation of the Promotion Board, Dean, or Provost for a student to repeat an academic year should only be made if there is strong evidence to suggest that the student will be academically successful if allowed to repeat the year. 5.1 Recommendations by the Promotion Board for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Course Grade(s) A. If the student is not on Academic Probation and has not had other appearances before the Promotion Board and this is the student’s first F course grade, the Promotion Board may recommend to the Campus Dean that the student be required to

VCOM Student Promotion Board Policy and Procedures

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