How does a student or advisor know if the student is in danger of excess hours?
Individual letters of warning and notice are sent to students, along with email notices. Students are responsible for keeping current addresses with the Registrars office and checking Portal email to receive these messages. Departments will receive letters of students who are nearing the limit and the advisors should be notified through the department. Advisors will not really be able to accurately determine students hours from TWU records alone unless they enrolled ONLY at TWU. Students MAY be able to keep track of the hours if they know the rules and keep good records. Excess hours are not based on TWU data but on statewide data; students are tracked by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board across all colleges they enroll in and the Board sends students names to TWU for warning or notice of excess hours.
