Probation program unknown
Not many students, especially
freshman, realize just how easy it is to fall below Cal State Long Beachís
required 2.0 cumulative GPA. Unfortunately, they soon find out itís a lot
harder to get off academic probation than to get on it.
Lindse Berg
While CSULB is quickly
gaining notoriety for programs that reward students with exceptionally
high grades, not much is said about the programs that help the students
not doing quite as well. One of the reasons is that the programs are not
doing very well, either.
The Strategies for
Academic Success program, which helps students get back on track, isn't
very big or very organized.
It doesn't even have
a full-time staff.
Unfortunately, many
students never hear of the workshops or the program. Enrollment Services
notifies students of their academic status with a letter, containing a
number for students to call for help, but some never call and some never
receive their letters.
Since many first-time
CSULB students donít know how to properly withdraw from a class, students
in their first semester at CSULB automatically have all unauthorized withdrawals
changed to Wís.
There are some benefits
to participating in the Strategies for Academic Success program. Usually
students are allowed only two semesters on probation before being disqualified.
The Strategies for
Academic Success workshops, held five or six times a semester, allow students
an extra semester to bring up their cumulative GPA.
Lindse Berg is
a journalism student. |
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