Academic Suspension Procedures - Updated August 2016

Any student on Academic Suspension who wants to appeal the one semester immediate sit out period should download and complete the Suspension Appeal Form found at http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/plain.aspx?id=19236 and sign up for an appointment to see you.  If you support the student’s appeal, please sign the form and work with the student to create an “Academic Improvement Plan,” found as one of the Academic Plan types in Starfish.  Please complete the plan with as much detail as you can and provide your guidance in the “Outcomes” area of Starfish.  Finally, please provide the student with a “Referral to Dean (Academic Suspension Appeal).”  It is critical to have both the plan and the referral documented in Starfish to meet the requirements of the P&P regulation and so we can get students through the process swiftly and easily.  Refer the student to my office to make an appointment (either in-person at SA-120 or by calling 240-567-1993).

If you do not support the student’s appeal, do not sign the appeal form, but please document the meeting in Starfish, give a referral, and have the student continue to make an appointment with me.

Note: Any student who has sat out the one-semester period, but is still on Academic Suspension, does not need to meet with the Dean.  If the student has sat out, I authorize you to work with the student and create an educational plan (up to six credits/2 courses or refer to ASP).  Please document your meeting with the student and provide permission in the form of a comment in Banner and Starfish.  The comment should reflect a change in the student’s status from Academic Suspension to Academic Restriction and note that the student has sat out for at least one semester.  Also note the credit limit and the proposed courses the student will take.  The student will need to be directed to 240-567-5000 or the Office of Admissions to have his or her status changed.  

If you have a case where a student was given a suspension appeal for a prior semester, completed a successful semester, but is still on Academic Suspension because his or her GPA was very low, treat it as if the student sat out.  Create a new plan, document, and refer to Admissions.  The student does not need to see the dean.