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The intent of the College of Business Student Success process is to support students throughout their time in a graduate program. Specifically, this document outlines the individuals, their roles, and processes that guide academic status monitoring and evaluation as well as academic status. This policy does not address academic misconduct or course grade appeals.

Graduate Academic and Professionalism Committee

The College of Business Graduate Academic and Professionalism Committee (GAPC) is responsible for issues associated with graduate student academic standing, professional conduct and ethics, and special requests from students that deviate from normal graduate program operations.

Faculty responsibilities for student success include a responsibility to:

1. Respond to requests associated with student progress.
2. Submit grades no later than noon (12:00 PM) on the Wednesday following the final day of class.
3. Monitor student progress, support student success by working with underperforming students, and notify the program director when appropriate (i.e., student is not receptive to assistance, student is not responsive, student is at-risk of earning a โ€œCโ€ or below).

Program Directors will:

1. Remain aware of, and monitor, at-risk students. Respond to any faculty-initiated contact about underperforming students.
2. Provide information to the Assistant Dean based on the schedule.
3. Provide anticipated final grades for at-risk students to the Assistant Dean as grading is completed. Work with faculty to get at-risk student final grades before the rest of the class if course structure allows.

Assistant Dean will:

1. Maintain database of current at-risk students with appropriate detail.
2. Maintain historical data related to student success.
3. Maintain standard academic standing letter templates.
4. Initiate and track communication with students
5. Generate academic summary/student history email to be sent to GAPC.
6. Generate, send, and track all student communications (probation, continuing probation, dismissal, appeal decision).
7. Liaise with University units on issues of program enrollment and course registration.
8. Generate student re-entry academic plans for program completion.

Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Programs:

1. Annually establish the GAPC.
2. With support from the Assistant Dean, coordinate operations of the GAPC. 13

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs:

1. Manage the appeal process of GAPC

Student Success Timeline

For online and professional programs, on Friday on each week of the course:

1. Student Support/Retention team provides a list of at-risk students to Program Directors.
2. Program Directors collaborate with faculty, as needed.

Wednesday Following the Close of the Course:

1. Faculty submit final grades no later than noon (12:00 PM) in the Faculty and Advising Center. 

Immediately Following Grades Becoming Official:

1. Assistant Dean verifies official grades against anticipated grades and sends official letter reflective of academic standing. Students are asked to appeal any decision within 30 days.
2. Dismissal letters must be sent Friday (or prior) before the next class begins to avoid the need to have the registration withdrawal/cancellation go before the Tuition Appeals committee. This will also avoid the student being enrolled for an extended length of time following a dismissal notification.
3. During terms in which there is no break into between terms A and B, dismissal letters are dated and sent no later than the day after final grades are posted by term A faculty. These dismissals are presented to the Tuition Appeals panel for the cancellations of registration to be processed.

Ongoing:

1. Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Programs coordinates appeal decisions with the GAPC.
2. Assistant Dean coordinates all communication.