Academic Updates
Academic Update is a tool that provides instructors a formal and uniform method to provide feedback to students on their academic progress at the course level. The student is notified via email when an instructor implements this method of feedback. Additionally, the student’s academic advisor, the respective program director, and the registrar’s office will receive an electronic copy. The School of Graduate & Professional Studies encourages instructors to provide feedback to all students as Academic Update may be used in both warning a student of unsatisfactory progress as well as affirming good student performance. Instructors are required at a minimum to utilize this feedback mechanism when a student is in danger of receiving a final grade of a C+ or lower or is repeatedly displaying poor academic progress.