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University Daily Kansan, December 3, 1981
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Special status contradicts dismissal policy
By PAM ALLOWAY Staff Reference
Staff Reporter
The new University dismissal policy has created a small clog in the University's body of 92 students.
The group is composed of non-degree seeking students, both non-traditional students and students dismissed for academic reasons. It has existed since at least 1973, according to Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records.
Recently, 9Z students have presented somewhat of a problem for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, according to Steve Goldman, associate professor of English at Carnegie College's Undergraduate Academic Standards Probation Policy committee.
In the past, students who were dismissed from other schools were put into the college. Now they have to petition for admittance as a 82 student, which enables them to take courses in their schools.
A student who petitions for 9Z status because of academic problems must have gone through the standard dismissal steps.
Once a student's GPA drops below his or her school's minimum requirement, he or she is put on probation for a semester.
If a student's GPA does not improve during the semester, he or she is officially dismissed from the University.
At that point, the student can leave the University or petition for 9Z status.
Any credits earned while a student has 92 status can be applied towards graduation, if, after bringing up his or her GPA, the student petition for and is granted readmission back into the school of his or her choice.
Goldman said a student must improve both the semester and overall GPA's he takes on probation.
A student is now placed on probation for the next semester if the GPA for the current semester falls below 1.0 for
freshmen, 1.5 for sophomores and 2.0 for upperclassmen.
AFTER A semester or more of probation, a student is returned to good standing if both semester and overall grade remain at minimum for his or her class ranking.
If the student's GPA falls below these standards, he or she is dismissed.
"It's a difficult position," Goldman said. "We encourage students away from the University by dismissing them for them by having the $2 provision."
Goldman said it was possible, under the present system, for a student to maintain a $2 status indefinitely, but once the GPA was brought up to the minimum standard and he or she was accepted back into a school, he or she was taken while the student was under $2 status. This, he said, destroys the reasoning behind dismissing the student in the first place.
"If a student is having academic failure, the wisest advice is to get out. They need a new environment," he said.
Dyck said there were 550 students who had 92 status this semester and approximately 100 of those had been dismissed from the college because of academic problems. Of the 92 students are people who want to take classes and not receive credit for them.
**STUDENTS WHO have 9Z status take classes under special provisions. Generally, 9Z students don't carry more than six credits. However, that means you will need your student's GPA meets the following requirements: 0.9 for freshmen, 1.3 for sophomores and 1.7 for upperclassmen. These students and 1.7 for lowerclassmen receive 2 credits per semester.
"We are trying to prevent a problem before it becomes serious," Goldman said.
on campus
TODAY
THE EPISCOPAL EUCHARISIC FELLOWSHIP will meet at noon in Danforth Chapel.
THE RENAISSANCE DANCERS AND STUDENT CREATIVE ANACRONISTS will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
A SUMMER JOB SEARCH WORKSHOP will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the International Room of the Kansas Union.
A JOINT MEETING OF THE OLD AND NEW STUDENT SENATES will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Javakh Room of the Boat.
THE SCIENCE FICTION CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Governors Room of the Union
GAY SERVICES OF KANSAS will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the International Room of the Union.
THE UNDERGRADUATE
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THE MEN'S COALITION will present a program on "Male Contraception and Vasectomy," at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the
THE SUA-KANSAS CITY STAR AND TIMES JOURNALISM FORUM will feature Lee Judge, Kansas City Star editorial cartoonist, at 8 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Union.
ED KUHN, trumpet player, will perform a student recital at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
THE ICTHUS FELLOWSHIP MEETING will meet at 9 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 W. 23rd St.
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