Melanie Jones, the former chair of the Academic Standing Committee (ASC) joined us to talk about what the ASC does and how advisors can help the ASC.

ACS enforces regulations on academic standing and have the authority to grant exceptions to the regulations, mainly requests for reinstatement. ASC is made up of individuals from academic partners across campus.

In this talk, Melanie covered reinstatement options including exceptions, the petition process, some definitions and some tips for Advisors.

During the question and answer portion, the question: “if a reinstatement would be granted for a student that had already applied for graduation” was asked. At the time Melanie didn’t know that answered but was able to follow up with the following response;

The Registrar’s Office confirmed that there could be some flexibility on whether the student had a graduation application on file. The firm part of that portion of the guideline is that the student is a senior by credit: 135 earned credits, and can finish their degree within 3 terms. This would need to be clearly documented by the advisor. Again, advisors can call the Registrar’s Office on this if questions arise around a suspended student that fits the guideline:

8. Policy Guideline – Students with Senior Standing who meet all four of the following
criteria may be granted an exception to the Reinstatement Rules:
a) they are candidates for graduation, with an application on file in the Registrar’s office;
b) they expect to graduate within the next 3 terms;
c) they have strong support from their Head Advisor;
d) they have 1.95 – 1.99 GPA with one term to graduate; OR
1.90 – 1.99 GPA with two terms to graduate; OR
they have been absent from the University for one year.

ASC Presentation: ACT – Academic Standing Committee