Academic Actions Imposed by Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

II. Academic Actions Imposed by Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

1. Blue Ridge CTC will take appropriate academic action when a student fails to maintain the academic standards of Blue Ridge Community and Technical College or when there is evidence that a student has violated an academic policy.  Students, in turn, have the right to appeal academic actions.
2. Examples of situations requiring academic action would include the following: infraction of institutional academic standards, rules, and regulations (required grade point averages, etc.) as stated in the Blue Ridge Community and Technical College catalog.
   1. Final grade challenges
   2. Academic dishonesty (plagiarism, cheating, falsifying records, etc.)
   3. Failure to meet the standards required to continue in a program of instruction; thus, leading to dismissal from that program.
3. For failure to maintain academic standards, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College may impose the following sanctions:
   1. Instructor sanctions
      1. Reduction of a grade
      2. Failure of a course due to substandard academic performance.  In cases involving academic dishonesty where an assigned F will result in a programmatic dismissal, a Student Conduct Hearing will be held to ensure due process.
   2. College sanctions
      1. Academic Probation is a sanction imposed for failure to meet academic standards imposed according to criteria printed in the Blue Ridge Community and Technical College’s catalog.
      2. Academic Suspension is exclusion from all institutional activities for a definite stated period of time not to exceed one calendar year.
      3. Academic Dismissal is a termination of student status from some or all programs, including any right or privilege to receive any benefit(s) or recognition(s) or certification(s).  In any case, involving academic dismissal, a Student Conduct Hearing will be held to ensure due process.