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STANDARDS OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS
As part of the DVA application process, you are required to predetermine an educational, professional, or vocational objective. You are required to comply with Kirkwood’s standards, rules, and regulations regarding entrance and continuance in your major program. You are expected to maintain satisfactory academic progress, and you are expected to avoid the status of Academic Warning or Academic Probation. Academic Warning: When students begin their college experience, Kirkwood allows for a period of adjustment. Students with less than 12 hours and a low grade point average (GPA) will not be placed on warning. However, students with 12-18 credit hours and a GPA of less than 1.80 will be placed on academic warning. Academic Probation: If a student has attempted from 19-29 credit hours and has a GPA of less than 1.80, he or she will be placed on academic probation. Additionally, if a student has attempted 30.0 or more credit hours and has a GPA of less than 2.00, he/she will be placed on academic probation. All students placed on academic probation or warning will remain on that status until his/her cumulative GPA is raised to the appropriate level. Students on academic warning/probation for two consecutive semesters will be placed on mandatory hold, which requires counselor approval for continued registration. If a student remains on academic probation beyond two semesters without an improvement in standing, they will be reported to the DVA and his/her account will be placed in a suspended status. The student will then be required to go through a reinstatement process. The process usually results in reinstatement, but it can cause a lengthy delay in, and disruption of, benefits. To avoid these difficulties, keep your GPA above 2.0. |
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