Each graduate student's progress toward a degree is monitored by the student's advisory committee, and issues of professional and personal development may be considered. While failure to maintain academic standards merits automatic dismissal, a student also may be dropped from the Graduate School if progress is unsatisfactory in other areas.

    In such cases, the advisory committee will prepare a statement of deficiencies and/or grievances and discuss it in a meeting with the student. The statement must have the unanimous support of all members of the committee. The student will be warned that corrective measures must be taken within a specified time to avoid action that might result in dismissal. The committee determines the period allowed for correction. Copies of the statement of grievance and summary of the meeting will be provided the student, the department head, the academic dean, and the graduate dean.

    If the deficiency is not corrected within the time allowed by the committee, a statement reiterating the grievance and recommending dismissal should be sent to the graduate dean with copies to the student, the department head, and the academic dean.

    The graduate dean will give the student an opportunity to respond and will make a final determination. The student and the advisory committee will be notified.

    The action taken will not appear on the student's official transcript, and release of information is restricted under the University's policy on the confidentiality of student records.