{"id":61216,"date":"2018-10-10T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T18:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=61216"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:16:33","slug":"suspensions-or-dismissal-and-petitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/academics\/policies-procedures-handbook\/suspensions-or-dismissal-and-petitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspensions Or Dismissal And Petitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL<\/h4>\n<p>GMS reserves the right to academically withdraw, suspend, or dismiss a student at any time for reasons of scholarship or conduct as described under Section 18. Satisfactory academic standing will be assessed at both the program level by the standards set forth by the individual program and the GMS level by the academic standards set forth by GMS as discussed under section 23.5 in GMS Policies and Procedures. Failure to meet the academic standards at the program level and\/or GMS level may result in suspension or dismissal.<\/p>\n<h4>Petitions<\/h4>\n<p>A student suspended or dismissed by a GMS program for academic performance reasons may petition for reinstatement. Such students must submit a letter to the Associate Provost of GMS requesting reinstatement within fourteen (14) days of receipt of notice of suspension or dismissal. The letter must be accompanied by the following documents:<br \/>\n\u2022 Explanation for unsatisfactory academic performances<br \/>\n\u2022 Clear outline of how to improve performance if reinstated<br \/>\n\u2022 Support letter from the faculty advisor or Program Director<\/p>\n<p>Reinstatement of a suspended student is always subject to probationary status. In the event a student is reinstated, it is important for the student and faculty advisor or program director to review and assess the student\u2019s progress.<br \/>\nA student who has been reinstated following academic suspension must achieve satisfactory academic standing, as stated under section 18.1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL GMS reserves the right to academically withdraw, suspend, or dismiss a student at any time for reasons of scholarship or conduct as described under Section 18. Satisfactory academic standing will be assessed at both the program level by the standards set forth by the individual program and the GMS level by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2491,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61217,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61216\/revisions\/61217"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}