The University of Aizu

19.Detection and Care for Students Experiencing Severe Difficulty with Poor Academic Performance, etc. at an Early Juncture, and Recommendation to Withdraw from the University

The program, "Detection and Care for Students Experiencing Severe Difficulty with Poor Academic Performance, etc. at an Early Juncture," was put into practice for support of students in their studies and campus life, from November, 2002.
Details of the measures are described below.

1. Detection and Care for Students Experiencing Severe Difficulty with Poor Academic Performance, etc. at an Early Juncture

a.

Objective

Through detection and care for students who are experiencing severe difficulty and poor academic performance due to uneasiness about their studies and student lifestyles, etc. at an early juncture, the University will make efforts to support these students in maintaining or regaining their vigor to continue their studies and life as students.

b.

Range of students who will be offered consultations

○Students who have not earned a given portion of the average number of required academic credits(the required number of credits for graduation)

(Note*1) Students who could not start their graduation theses in the designated year

(Note*2) Students who could not graduate within their standard years of enrollment (4 years)

○Students who have not registered for courses

○Students who have not regularly attended classes or those for whom graduation thesis supervisors cannot make contact with

○Students who have not reported their choice of graduation thesis supervisors.

c.

Measures for supporting students having difficulty with poor academic performance

The Student Affairs Division will request the above-mentioned students to visit the Division and notify their guardians of academic performance.
Students may always consult with the Student Affairs Division at its counter, their class mentors, the Counseling Office, the Office for Learning Support, etc. regarding their studies. Students should not take it all on themselves, but have a consultation as soon as possible. (For further information, please refer to the “III. Campus Life.”)

2. Recommendation to Withdrawal from the University

Those who are lacking in the number of earned credits, and who have not shown any enthusiasm for studying even after they have received advice regarding their studies and lifestyles and guidance for more suitable future paths, will be given a recommendation for withdrawal from the University, as an opportunity to reconsider their future course in life, based on the purport of Article 38 of the Ruling on the University of Aizu, after it has been recognized that the student has no possibility of completing a program.

However, such students will never be forced to withdraw from the University. Making decisions as to whether they will leave the University to restart their life are left up to the students.

Students who follow the recommendation and withdrawal from the University, after it has been confirmed that they don’t have the desire to continue their studies, can be readmitted to the University according to Article 20, the Ruling on the University of Aizu if they can reacquire their desire to continue their studies, and apply for re-admission to the University.

[Reference]Article Thirty-Eight, the Ruling on the University of Aizu(Disciplinary Punishment)

[Reference]Article Twenty, the Ruling on the University of Aizu(Readmissions)