Academic Progress Notifications

Providing In-Progress Notifications on Academic Performance

Excerpted from Administrative Policy: Providing In-progress Notifications on Academic Performance: Twin Cities, Crookston, Morris, Rochester; edited for application to CIS.

Studies of student learning underscore the importance of frequent and timely feedback as an important contribution to success in student learning. Past experience shows that for students in academic difficulty, a timely notification about performance can result in appropriate corrective action. In-progress notifications also help advisers develop strategies for academic success with their advisees.

1. Instructors are required to provide in-progress notifications for all 1xxx-3xxx level courses to CIS students who, on the basis of performance to date in the course, appear to be in danger of receiving a grade of D [or] F. Such notification will be provided to students within a time frame to allow them to improve their academic performance or to withdraw by the withdrawal deadline. In-progress notifications will not be recorded on transcripts.
2. Instructors are encouraged to provide in-progress notifications for all courses and all students.
3. The provision of in-progress notifications is a courtesy to the student. Failure to receive an in-progress notification or a decline in a student's academic performance after a notification has been issued does not create the right for a student to contest a grade in a course.