Forgiveness Policy

North Central State College recognizes that some potentially good students enroll in curricula for which they may not be prepared or suited, resulting in a quarter or a number of quarters of poor grades.  These students, upon changing curricula or becoming better prepared for their course work, may become academically successful but are not able to overcome their previously poor academic record.  This may result in subsequent quarters of academic probation in spite of good grades. 

Because of this, the college permits such a student to petition the Vice President for Learning for “forgiveness.”  A student qualifies for this petition process if the student:

   1.     has been absent from the college for at least 8 consecutive quarters OR has changed his/her technology or program major

·        changing from “pre” status to its associated major does not constitute a change of technology or program major

·        changing from UNDECLARED to a technology does not constitute a change of technology or major AND 

       2.     has completed at least 24 credit hours after re-enrolling at the college or changing technology or program major (at least 12 of which must be either basic or technical courses in the student’s declared curriculum), AND 

       3.     has received a grade of “C-” or higher in each course included in the above-named 24 credit hours, AND 

       4.     has cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 since re-enrolling or changing the technology or program major. 

If a student qualifies for forgiveness, all the grades earned prior to the absence from the college or the change in technology or program major that are either “NP” or less than “C-” will be forgiven.  This results in those grades being replaced on the student’s transcript with a code that denotes forgiveness.  The courses with forgiven grades will continue to appear on the student’s transcript but will not be calculated in the cumulative grade point average.  Once an associate degree has been earned at North Central State College, the Forgiveness Policy cannot be used towards any course in that degree.

Students may only use this policy once.  Courses in which the grade has been forgiven will not count toward graduation.  This policy does not alter any departmental policies on academic dismissal. 

Appeals in relation to this policy may be directed to the Vice President for Learning, who will chair an ad-hoc committee composed of a representative of the Academic Council and a representative from Student Services.  This committee will determine the student’s qualification for forgiveness.

 

               FORMS FOR FORGIVENESS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STUDENT RECORDS OFFICE AND THE ACADEMIC VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

Click HERE to download the form.