Cottey College believes that its admission criteria are sufficient to assure the success of each matriculant. Recognizing that the new student’s adjustment to the college environment varies with each student, the College has developed an early warning system to provide feedback to the student, the academic advisor, the Academic Affairs support staff, and the Student Life support staff that a student is having difficulty.
Cottey’s early warning system includes:
- Email notification when an instructor submits an academic concern notice. Instructors submit academic concern notices when students have unexcused absences, when students receive a poor grade on an exam or assignment, or when the instructor has any concern about a student’s academic performance. These notices may be submitted at any time during the semester.
- Special intervention by the vice president for academic affairs if a student receives three or more academic concern notices.
- A five-week grade check-in for all students. Any student receiving three or more grades of C- or lower may be required to meet with a faculty or staff member to develop a plan for improving performance in their courses.
- All students receive midterm grades.
- Week-ten notification for any student who should consider withdrawing from a course. If an instructor believes that a student is unlikely to earn a passing grade in a class, an academic concern notice will be submitted by week ten of the semester. This provides the student with time to meet with the instructor, their academic advisor, and other support staff, and to decide whether to withdraw prior to the deadline for withdrawal during week 12 of the semester.
- Special intervention by the vice president for academic affairs if a student receives multiple notices indicating they should consider dropping more than one class.