Failure to Meet Academic Requirements
Students failing to maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 will automatically be placed on academic probation. Students who do not bring up their GPA each subsequent semester and reach 2.7 within the next 18 credits will be dismissed from the program and their registration for the next semester will be automatically terminated. Students with a GPA lower than 2.0 at the end of the summer semester will be dismissed from the program and their registration for the fall semester will be automatically terminated. Re-admittance to the program is possible after one full year and upon the recommendation of the faculty advisor and the vote of the faculty.
Academic progress committee (APC) actions for other academic issues (poor writing skills, plagiarism, excessive incomplete grade requests, etc.) may include but are not limited to the following:
- A student may be placed on probation for one semester, be given a specific action plan for making up unsatisfactory work, and allowed to continue in other coursework. Failure to complete all work satisfactorily in the time frame prescribed will result in the student being withdrawn from her or his academic program. Students may not have a probation period extended.
- A student may be required to withdraw from her or his academic program until the incomplete or unsatisfactory work is made up. In this case, the student may be required to repeat the failed course or work with the professor to otherwise meet the requirements of the course failed at which time the student may apply for readmission.
- A student may be terminated from her or his academic program and not allowed to continue studies at Northeastern Seminary
- In some, but not all cases, the APC may stipulate when a student who has been terminated may reapply for admission. If allowed, and prior to readmission, the student will be interviewed by the APC.