Students are expected to make acceptable scholastic progress toward their degree objectives. A "C" is the minimum satisfactory grade, and a "C" average--a 2.0 grade point average (GPA)--constitutes satisfactory performance. Students earning less than a "C" (2.0) GPA are not making satisfactory academic progress and will be put on scholastic probation for as long as this deficiency exists. The grade point deficiency is the number of grade points less than those required for a "C" average.

Students with a grade point deficiency of 25 or more grade points at the end of the fall and spring semesters shall be suspended. However, no first-time college student shall be suspended at the end of his or her first semester of attendance.

Students returning from an academic suspension must continue to reduce their grade point deficiencies every semester of enrollment until the deficiencies are eliminated. Should students fail to reduce their deficiencies in any one semester, they will be suspended again unless approved for probationary re-enrollment by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.