Why should there be a policy on timely and satisfactory progress to degree?
In fall 2003, Dr. Mote charged a task force with examining academic policy barriers to successful and timely degree completion and asked them to propose a policy to improve student success and graduation rates. The result is the Student Academic Success-Degree Completion Policy. This policy provides students with a structured framework, initiatives to support student success and appropriate criteria to guide the students in this pursuit. Students are expected to complete their undergraduate degrees within 10 semesters or 130 credits. This policy builds on a series of past initiatives that have aimed at improving graduation rates, levels of student success, advising and retention. The implementation of a satisfactory progress review for all majors and of a 10 semester/130 credit policy will help to ensure that students identify a major in which they can be successful and complete their bachelor’s degree in a timely fashion. In the absence of such a policy, which is the current situation
