This policy provides general guidelines for the purposes of receiving, responding to, addressing, and resolving complaints made by students, faculty, administrators, or any party. This policy requires oversight by persons academically qualified to make necessary judgements.

This policy applies to all Richmindale curriculum development teams, faculty, administrators, and students.

Students in the bachelors’ (undergraduate) and masters’ (graduate) degree programs must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 to remain in good academic standing. Students failing to maintain such cumulative GPA are subject to being placed on Academic Probation or Dismissal as defined below. See the Grading Policy section for more details about GPA and Grading Scale.

Academic Probation: Students whose cumulative GPA falls below the minimum cumulative GPA described above are placed on academic probation for a term and are informed in writing. Students who show satisfactory improvement can remain on academic probation for a maximum of two consecutive terms until the minimum cumulative GPA is achieved. Students who do not achieve the minimum cumulative GPA after being on academic probation for the second consecutive term shall be dismissed from Richmindale College.

Academic Dismissal: Students who fail to show improvement or achieve the minimum cumulative GPA while on academic probation are subject to academic dismissal. The Chief Academic Officer or a designee makes the decision on placing students on academic dismissal and notifies the affected students, in writing, through their official email address. A permanent record of the dismissal is recorded in the transcripts of the students who are placed on academic dismissal.

Students who are academically dismissed are not allowed to continue enrollment and are given 7 calendar days to appeal the decision based on mitigating personal circumstances. Students may submit the written appeal via email to dismissal@richmindale.com with supporting documents. If the appeal is approved, the students are permitted to continue their coursework on academic probation status. Students who do not submit an appeal within 7 days, or those whose appeal is not approved, are withdrawn from their program.

Academically dismissed students can be readmitted to a program after at least one term has passed by going through the admission application process. When readmitted after a dismissal, students are required to be on academic probation for one term while repeating courses to raise the cumulative GPA to the minimum guideline for good academic standing.