During its regular meeting on April 1, 2024, the University Senate passed a motion presented by the Senate Scholastic Standards Committee initiating several changes to the Bylaws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate II.E.13. Scholastic Standing & Dismissal. These bylaw changes will come into effect starting in Fall 2024.

Overview of Bylaw Changes:

• Name changes of overall process:
  • Rename “scholastic standing” to “academic standing” when referring to the overall process or individual academic standings
  • Rename “scholastic probation” to “academic Notice”
• Removal of scholastic warning standing and credit-based scholastic standing criteria
• Change in minimum required time away from UConn after dismissal:
  • Reducing the minimum required time away for students following academic dismissal from 2 semesters to 1 semester after the first academic dismissal and from 8 semesters to 4 semesters for second academic dismissal.
• Clarifying language added regarding the impact of summer and winter classes on academic standing
• Change in how a student is returned to good academic standing:
  • Both semester GPA (sGPA) and cumulative GPA (cGPA) must be above 2.0 for a student to return to good standing, regardless of the number of earned credits
  • No student with at least a 2.3 sGPA average after completing all courses for which they are registered at the end of a semester is subject to dismissal; the student will be continued on academic notice if such status is warranted, until both the sGPA and cGPAs are at least 2.o.
• Moving language about end of semester to II.H.1: University Calendar
• Small edits to readmission language to more accurately reflect the holistic readmission process for dismissed students.

The full motion language can be viewed here and the University Senate bylaws will be updated to reflect these changes before they come into effect for Fall 2024.