Policy on Academic Standing

Keuka College has set three academic standings; they are defined as follows:

Good: Good standing is defined as maintaining at least the minimum academic standards as defined in the “Guidelines for Satisfactory Academic Progress” (see table on following page). Students who maintain those standards have no restrictions on their activities. Any student failing to maintain those standards or failing a repeated, required course will either be placed on probation or suspended. Note: Simply meeting the minimum requirements for Good standing may not mean that a student will graduate in a four-year period.

Probation: Students failing to maintain satisfactory academic progress will, at a minimum, be placed on academic probation. If a student fails to return to good standing after one probationary semester, or at any later point in his/her academic career again fails to maintain good standing, he or she may be placed on a second semester of probation or suspended. A maximum of two probationary semesters is allowed to correct academic deficiencies. After two semesters of probation, whether the probationary semesters are contiguous or not, students who fail to return to good standing will automatically be suspended.

Suspension: Any student failing to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress or failing a repeated, required course may be suspended. Any student reinstated to the College after suspension will be placed on contract probation (see “Academic Reinstatement to the College”). A student who is suspended has the right to appeal to the associate vice president for academic programs (see “Appeal Process”). A student on suspension may take courses at Keuka College only with the approval of the associate vice president for academic programs (see “Academic Reinstatement to the College”).

Some academic programs require students to attain a minimum passing grade in designated courses in order to complete the degree program. The Academic Review Board will adjudicate cases when students fail a repeated, required course. However, cases in which the repeat grade is a D-or better but still insufficient to meet the major’s minimum standard will be referred to the appropriate faculty and division chair for resolution.

Academic standing is defined as a matriculated student’s progress toward completion of the requirements for a degree from Keuka College. A student’s continued enroll-ment and eligibility for financial aid at Keuka College depend on making satisfactory academic progress. There are four separate measures of academic progress:

1. the minimum cumulative credits earned per semester of attendance;
2. the cumulative grade-point-average (GPA);
3. the number of Field Periods^® completed; and
4. performance in repeated, required courses.