Academic Standing

Students are in good academic standing when both the semester and cumulative Grade Point Averages (GPAs) are at least 2.00. Hood makes every effort to assist students to maintain this academic standard. It is the student’s responsibility to take advantage of the College’s academic, health and psychological counseling services as a means of overcoming problems impeding progress.

At the end of each semester the Committee on Academic Standards and Policies examines the records of those students who have earned a semester or cumulative average below 2.00 and examines the records of students previously placed on academic warning or probation. Academic action by the Committee is based not only on the academic record, but includes input from the offices of Residence Life, Accessibility Services, Student Life, the Center for Academic Achievement and Retention (CAAR) and students' instructors and advisers, regarding issues such as attendance and completion of assigned coursework and matters from outside the classroom that may have affected students' academic success. Based on all the information, students will be placed on academic warning, academic probation, or be dismissed from the College. (Note: While the Committee on Academic Standards and Policies examines students' semester and cumulative grade point averages, individual academic departments also review the grade point averages of students in their majors at the end of each semester. Based on their review, departments may take action concerning students' standing within their majors if students do not meet the academic standards set for each major. Departmental reviews of students' standing in their majors operate independently from the end-of-semester records reviews conducted by the Committee of Academic Standards and Policies.)