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DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATION COMMITTEE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE IN THE READMISSION AFTER SECOND DISMISSAL POLICY
On
behalf of the Admission and Registration Committee, Professor Urton
Anderson, (accounting and committee chair) submitted the following
recommendations for change in the readmission after second dismissal
policy.
The secretary has classified this as general legislation. It will
be presented to the Faculty Council for discussion at its meeting on
March 21, 2005.
< signed>
Sue
Alexander Greninger, Secretary
The Faculty Council
Posted
on the Faculty Council Web site ( http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/)
on March 10, 2005. Paper copies are available on request from the
Office of the General Faculty, FAC 22, F9500.
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ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATION COMMITTEE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE IN THE READMISSION AFTER SECOND DISMISSAL POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS:
| 1. |
Admission of students returning after second dismissal requires the
approval of the dean of the student’s respective college. The
college deans should approve admission only if the student presents a
realistic plan for the successful completion of the degree. If
the student’s plan is to transfer to another college, the dean
should not admit the student without consultation with the prospective
college that the student’s plan for transfer is realistic.
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| 2. |
The third dismissal is final. A student dismissed for the third
time may not apply for readmission.
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(The current catalog is available on the Web at http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/catalogs/gi04-05/index.html.)
| On pages 86-89 in the ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES chapter,
under the heading SCHOLASTIC PROBATION AND DISMISSAL, in General
Information, 2004-2005, make the following changes: |
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
{No changes made to 1-7.}
8. Length of scholastic dismissal.
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a. |
First dismissal
— one long-session semester and any intervening
summer session.
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b. |
Second (and subsequent) dismissal
— three calendar years; readmission
must be approved by the student's dean. A student dismissed for the
third time [will not normally be readmitted] may not apply
for readmission.
[A student dismissed for the fourth time may not apply for
readmission.]
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{No additional changes made.}
RATIONALE:
Students returning from probation or dismissal make up a significant portion
of all readmitted students. In 2002 this was 726 students, and in 2003 it
was 542 students, representing 62% and 44% of readmitted students respectively. In
2003 about half of these students were returning from first or subsequent
dismissals (274 students).
Review of first dismissal process with the committee and the various colleges
deans' offices indicated that the first dismissal readmission process
worked. The majority of colleges had in place specific advising programs
to work with these students. Although members of the Admission and
Registration Committee question the need for allowing students to be readmitted
after a second dismissal, discussion with the various dean's offices
indicates support for continuing readmission after the second dismissal under
the condition that the student had developed a plan that had a reasonable
chance of success. While each college had different views on what would
demonstrate a successful plan, these approaches seemed to reflect differences
in the respective educational objectives. All colleges agreed that
this readmission should not be automatic (i.e., you just sit out your three
years and you can come back) but should require that the student has addressed
the problems that caused the initial academic failure.
Both the committee and the deans' offices agree that there should
be no readmission after the student had been dismissed for a third time.
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