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38 Graduate Catalog 2010-2012 General Academic Regulations rules and regulations Governing Administrative Withdrawal I. Conditions Warranting Administrative Withdrawal Any of the following conditions may warrant administrative withdrawal. A. Failure to comply with administrative requirements, specifically: 1. Failure by a student to satisfy an overdue financial obligation to the university, consisting of tuition, loans, library charges, or other student charges, including orientation, student activities, health services, child care, and other such fees as may be established from time to time. Failure to comply with other administrative requirements, such as the submission of health forms, etc. 3. If the director of the Administrative Withdrawal Review Committee is satisfied that the conditions specified in paragraph 2 of this section have been satisfied, he/she shall send a certified letter to the student at his/her last known address setting forth the recommendation for withdrawal and the reasons therefore, and notifying said student that he/she may within fourteen calendar days after said letter is mailed request a hearing on the matter with the director. The director shall include with the certified letter a copy of the Rules and Regulations Governing Administrative Withdrawal. If the student does not request a hearing with the director or take action satisfactory to the director to resolve the matter within the time allotted in paragraph 3 of this section, the director shall administratively withdraw the student from the university no sooner than the fifteenth calendar day following the mailing of the notice provided for in said paragraph. If a student requests a hearing within the time allotted in paragraph 3 of this section, the director shall schedule a hearing at the earliest practicable date. If the director decides in favor of the administrative withdrawal, the director shall forthwith withdraw the student. 4. 2. B. Forgery, fraud, or falsification of information on any official university form or document, such as grade report, recommendations, transcripts, etc. Certified physical health or mental health problems of a hazardous nature. C. II. 5. Effects of Administrative Withdrawal If administratively withdrawn, a student shall: A. B. Cease to be enrolled and not be allowed to complete the current semester or to register for future semesters; Return his/her identification card and any and all other property belonging to the university currently in his/her possession; Receive no further material or notification from the Office of the Registrar concerning university affairs. Procedures to be applied to cases brought under the conditions of Section I.A. 1. The appropriate administrative official may recommend to the Office of the Registrar that a student be administratively withdrawn from the university. The administrative official shall make his/her recommendation in writing to the Office of the Registrar, detailing his/her compliance with the following requirements: The recommendation must be based on one of the grounds set forth in Section I.A. The facts upon which the recommendation is based must be ascertained and stated precisely and accurately. An attempt to resolve the matter must have been made by the administrative official by mailing to the student at his/her last known address a written notice of the proposed recommendation for withdrawal and the reasons therefore, such matter not having been successfully resolved within fourteen calendar days of the mailing of said notice. a. b. B. Procedures to be applied to cases brought under conditions B and C of Section I. 1. The appropriate administrative official may recommend to the Administrative Withdrawal Review Committee (see “V”) that a student be administratively withdrawn from the university. The administrative official shall make his/her recommendation in writing to the Administrative Withdrawal Review Committee detailing his/her compliance with the following requirements: The recommendation must be based on one of the grounds set forth in Section I.B or C; The facts upon which the recommendation is based must be ascertained and stated precisely and accurately; An attempt to resolve the matter must have been made by the administrative official by mailing to the student at his/her last known address a written notice of the proposed recommendation for withdrawal and the reasons therefore, such matter not having been successfully resolved within fourteen calendar days of the mailing of said notice. If the Administrative Withdrawal Review Committee is satisfied that the conditions specified in paragraph 2 of this section have been satisfied, it shall send a certified letter to the student at his/her last known address setting forth the recommendation for withdrawal and reasons therefore and notifying said student that he/she may within fourteen calendar days after said letter is mailed request a hearing on the matter with the committee. C. III. Procedures for Implementing Administrative Withdrawal A. 2. 2. c. a. b. c. 3.

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Graduate Program Affiliations
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Foreword
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