Why is there an Academic Probation Policy?

The Academic Probation Policy was established to provide a comprehensive, unified policy that will meet the following objectives:

• Identify and alert students who are not making satisfactory academic progress;
• Assist students on academic probation to be successful by providing them with interventions at the earliest point possible;
• Maintain the integrity of Iowa State University baccalaureate degrees;
• Comply with requirements for financial aid disbursement;
• Academically dismiss students who fail to make satisfactory academic progress in a timely manner;
• Provide a second chance (reinstatement), thus giving students the opportunity to demonstrate change.

For more information on the New Academic Probation Policy, see www.iastate.edu/~catalog/policyfaq.html