COMMITTEE REPORT OF ADOPTION OF POLICY RECOMMENDATION
DATE:
January 14, 2008
TO:
Jennifer Matos, Faculty President
FROM:
Shannon Morgan, Chair of Educational Policies Committee
BY:
Cynthia Rawitch, Executive Secretary
Name of proposed policy: Criterion for Continued Enrollment of Readmitted Previously
Disqualified Students
At its meeting on September 12, 2007, EPC adopted a policy recommendation by passing the
following motion:
MSP: Require students with “disqualified” status to earn a minimum 2.00 semester GPA
each semester while in “disqualified” status instead of requiring a cumulative GPA
improvement of 0.05 each semester while in “disqualified” status.
Current policy:
Students who have been academically disqualified, but who are readmitted to the University under
terms of probation with an Academic Performance Agreement are allowed to continue to enroll in
subsequent semesters only if they earn an increase of 0.05 or more in the GPA each semester until
both their cumulative total GPA and CSUN GPA return to 2.0.
Proposed policy:
Students who have been academically disqualified, but who are readmitted to the University under
terms of probation with an Academic Performance Agreement are allowed to continue to enroll in
subsequent semesters only if they earn an increase of 0.05 or more in the GPA a GPA of 2.00 or
higher each semester until both their cumulative total GPA and CSUN GPA return to 2.0.
Summary of Supporting Reasons:
The criterion for continued enrollment of readmitted previously disqualified students should be the
same for all students. However, the requirement of a 0.05 increase introduces disparities based on
the number of attempted units that the student has completed. Students with a low number of
attempted units can achieve a 0.05 increase by earning a semester GPA significantly less than 2.0.
Students with a high number of attempted units can achieve a 0.05 increase only by earning a
semester GPA significantly greater than 2.0. The requirement of a semester GPA of 2.0 or higher
creates a clearly defined, easy to understand goal for each student that is independent of the number
of attempted units the student has completed.
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