Counseling Sub Committee Kelly Fletes Kacey Giammanco Susanne Muszala Mike Torres Section 55046 of Title V Academic Renewal Without Course Repetition Each community college district shall adopt and publish policies and procedures pertaining to the alleviation of previously recorded subst ID: 206507
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Academic Renewal Counseling Sub Committee
Kelly Fletes
Kacey Giammanco
Susanne Muszala
Mike TorresSlide2
Section 55046 of Title V – Academic Renewal Without Course Repetition Each community college district shall adopt and publish policies and procedures pertaining to the alleviation of previously recorded substandard work…which is not reflective of a student’s demonstrated ability.
What is Academic Renewal?Slide3
There are instances when a student’s past academic record is not reflective of the student’s current, demonstrated level of academic performance. The intent of the academic renewal policy is to prevent past substandard grades (“
D”or“F
”) from deterring a student’s progress toward employment, graduation, certification, or transfer. A student may request that his/ her record be reviewed for academic renewal action by petitioning the Academic Council. The student must explain on the petition how the past record is deterring progress toward employment, graduation, certification, or transfer. If the Academic Council determines that such progress is being deterred, academic renewal will be granted under the following conditions:
MPC Current Academic Renewal PolicySlide4
1.
The student has achieved a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in the last 15 units of letter grades at Monterey Peninsula College.
2.
There has been at least a two-calendar-year lapse of time between the time of the most recent units earned at Monterey Peninsula College and the time of the units to be alleviated.
3. If both of the above conditions are met, academic renewal action will be granted, which consists of:
a.
Elimination from consideration in the cumulative Monterey Peninsula College grade point average up to 30 semester units of academic work. All units earned or attempted during the time period of the alleviated units shall be so excluded from the grade point average.b. Making annotation on the student’s transcript indicating the semesters/sessions that have been alleviated. All courses and grades remain visible on the transcript.Academic renewal action taken by Monterey Peninsula College does not guarantee that other colleges or universities will accept such action. This determination will be made by the respective institutions.
Criteria for Current MPC PolicySlide5
1. The student has achieved a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in the last 15 units of letter grades at MPC
or any regionally accredited institution. The student will include an official transcript showing eligible units with his or her petition
.
3. If both of the above conditions are met, academic renewal action will be granted, which consists of
either:
Proposed ChangesSlide6
a. Elimination from consideration in the cumulative Monterey Peninsula College grade point average of up to
18
units of substandard academic work.
Student selected substandard grades shall be so excluded in the grade point average.
or
b. Elimination from consideration in the cumulative MPC grade point average of up to 2 semesters of academic work. All units earned or attempted during the time period of the alleviated units shall be so excluded from the grade point average. Slide7
Hartnell College:-Only units from
Hartnell
may be used for academic renewal consideration
-2.0
gpa with at least 18 units completed (and at least 3 semesters) since units to be alleviated were completed.
-Total of 18 units may be alleviated
Examples from other institutionsSlide8
Cabrillo College-Units from any accredited institution may be used for academic renewal consideration
-2.0
gpa
with at least 24 units completed, or 3.0 with 12 units completed
-up to 30 units substandard work (student selected) may be alleviated from GPA
Examples from other institutionsSlide9
Gavilan College- Units
from any accredited institution may be used for academic renewal consideration
- 2 years have passed since units to be alleviated were completed with 30
or more
units of 2.0 gpa, 24
units
of 2.5, or 18 units with a grade point average of 3.0- Up to 3 terms of substandard coursework may be alleviatedExamples from other institutionsSlide10
75 California Community Colleges were reviewed:*63% allowed units from other colleges to be used towards academic renewal (47 yes, 12 no, 16 undetermined based on catalog).
*66% allowed students to select which substandard grades they would like to be alleviated from their
gpa
(50 based on catalog descriptions)
*Units to be alleviated ranged from 12 to 36
Overview of CCC Academic Renewal PoliciesSlide11
The Academic Renewal Policy revisions outlined in this presentation have been endorsed by the MPC Counseling Faculty.