NO student heads off to college with the plan of being placed on academic probation (and facing possible dismissal). As a matter of fact, few parents think about this when they drop their kids off for college during the late months of August.
But the reality is that, for most students, once their institution has officially notified them that they are in danger of being dismissed, parents turn from being a tremendous asset, to making matters worse.
Here are some ways you – and your student – can cope with academic probation. What’s academic probation? Generally speaking, “academic probation” is the most common term colleges and universities use to indicate that a student is NOT proceeding academically as required by their institution.
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