Responsible Office(s): Academic Affairs; Students and Community Affairs; Admissions and Financial Aid; Registry
Purpose: To ensure that students on probation and their families are informed, supported, treated fairly and with respect, during the probation period and beyond.
Ashesi University expects all its students to excel; consequently, if for any reason a student fails to meet minimum requirements academically (cumulative GPA falls below 2.0, less than a C average), the student is placed on probation. The student is formally informed of their changed academic standing and assigned to work closely with the academic advisor to systematically improve their academic performance. Faculty and faculty Interns are informed so the student may, understandably, have more access to them.
Students will be subject to dismissal from Ashesi University if (1) they fail to make normal degree progress, or (2) after one or more consecutive regular semesters on academic probation they have not achieved either a semester or cumulative GPA of 2.0. Exiting probation (i.e., achieving a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater) is required for graduation.
The gravity of not exiting probation after one (or more) consecutive, i.e., dismissal, makes it important for Ashesi to inform the family of the changed academic status of their ward. Consistent with Ashesi’s obligations to concern for others, and critical approaches, the family of the student who trusts Ashesi to provide a premium education, Ashesi’s Academic Advisor, Counselor, Dean of Students and Community Affairs and the Provost will:
- Ask to meet the family in person to explain the changed academic status and its implications
- At the meeting, provide the family tools to cope and to support the child or ward during the regular, yet crucial, subsequent semester.
- Parents will be provided an update at the mid-semester point of the consecutive regular, yet crucial semester and another update at the end of the semester. This will allow us to show care towards both student and family, as our mission propounds. The family and the student will have a safe and regulated space to cope with the changed academic status, and will have a better opportunity to succeed in reverting to a good academic standing.
- As part of the process, privacy steps in the Ashesi Community will be implemented to prevent any stigmatization, where the student or family is concerned
Ashesi is also committed to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.