Academic Probation (undergraduate students)
The purpose of academic probation is to alert the student and the institution to problems associated with the student's academic performance and to recommend or implement strategies for improvement. The continuation of poor academic performance will result in the dismissal of the student. Faculty advisors are notified of all advisees placed on probation.
Any student whose overall cumulative grade point average falls below 1.80 at the end of the fall or spring semester will be placed on academic probation for the following semester. First semester first-year students with a GPA below 1.80 will not be placed on probation for their second semester, but will lose their rights to participate in extracurricular or co-curricular activities.
A student will be removed from academic probation as soon as his/her overall cumulative GPA is raised to 1.80 or higher on the basis of subsequent courses completed at Fairfield during the next semester or during special January or summer sessions.
A student on academic probation is ineligible to participate in extracurricular or co-curricular activities during any semester in which the student is on probation. A student on academic probation may petition the academic vice president for the right to participate in extra- or co-curricular activities. The appeal must contain a valid and compelling reason as to why restriction of extra- or co-curricular activities is inappropriate and must demonstrate effectively that the activity will support an improvement in academic performance.
If a student who has been placed on academic probation proceeds to earn a semester GPA below 1.80 while enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 credit hours), that student will be dismissed from the university for reason of academic failure. | 
