VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S019

B. Regardless of whether the student is on Academic Probation or not, if the student has multiple F course grades or a combination of F course grades and F grades of required components of a course within the same block or has had previous appearances before the Promotion Board, the Promotion Board may recommend to the Campus Dean any of the following (students with more than one F course grade in a block, regardless of whether this is their first appearance before the Promotion Board, are generally recommend to repeat the academic year or are recommended for dismissal; additionally, students who have been brought before the Promotion Board more than once for F course grades are generally recommend to repeat the academic year or are recommended for dismissal): • Require the student to successfully remediate the F course grades and F grades of required components 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 as deemed appropriate by the Promotion Board. 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) A. Regardless of whether the student is on Academic Probation or not, if the 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 a previous block, the Promotion Board may recommend to the Campus Dean any of the following: • Require the student to successfully remediate the F component grades 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. B. The Promotion Board may make additional recommendations to the Campus Dean as deemed appropriate by the Promotion Board. 5.3 Recommendations for OMS 3 and OMS 4 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Clinical Rotation Grades A. If a student is not on Academic Probation, and this is their first failed clinical rotation (either for failure of the clinical rotation performance evaluation or failure of an end of-rotation exam within the same discipline twice), the Promotion Board may

VCOM Student Promotion Board Policy and Procedures

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