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         <td width="60%">Section 5.0 - Students</td>
         <td width="60%">Section 5.0 - Student Policies</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: November, 1971</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: November 1971</td>
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         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee</div></td>
         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee<br />Undergraduate Curriculum Committee</div></td>
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                 <td>Revised: May, 1994<br />Revised: October, 2001<br />Revised: October, 2004<br />Revised: December, 2008<br />Revised: May, 2010<br />Revised: October, 2012<br />Revised: January, 2013<br />Revised: May, 2013</td>
                 <td>Revised: May 1994<br />Revised: October 2001<br />Revised: October 2004<br />Revised: December 2008<br />Revised: May 2010<br />Revised: October 2012<br />Revised: January 2013<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/6568|May 2013]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/7659|July 2015]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/12603|May 2016]]<br />Reviewed: April 2021 ([[Special:Diff/12603/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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    <td valign="top"><small>J:/RESOURCE MANUAL/Table of Contents College of Nursing Resource Manual</small></td>
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===Policy:===
===Policy===
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For theory nursing courses, the following criteria apply:<br/>The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:<br /><br />
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For theory nursing courses, the following criteria apply:<br/>The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:<br /><br />


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Grades of C or above are considered to be passing grades in the College of Nursing. Students must maintain a cumulative University of Nebraska average of 2.000 GPA in order to remain in good standing.
Grades of C+ or above are considered to be passing grades in the College of Nursing. Students must maintain a cumulative College of Nursing average of 2.33 GPA in order to remain in good standing.
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For clinical courses, the following criteria apply:
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For clinical courses, the following criteria apply:
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<td valign="top" width="30px">W -</td>
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<td>Withdrew within 1st eight weeks of class. After the 1st eight weeks the instructor must
<td>Students who drop a course after the first seven calendar days of the term will receive a grade of W on their transcript. Students may not drop a course after 70% of the course has been completed. A grade other than W must be assigned.</td>
assign a WP or WF grade for students withdrawing.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30px">WP -</td>
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<td>Withdrew passing.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30px">WF -</td>
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<td>Withdrew failing.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30px">WX -</td>
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<td>Administrative withdrawal.</td>
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Grades of W, WP, WF, WX, and P are not assigned grade points and therefore are not used in
Grades of W and P are not assigned grade points and therefore are not used in computation of a student's cumulative GPA.
computation of a student's cumulative GPA.
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">In courses or clinical components that run for less than 15 weeks, students who withdraw after
more than half of the course or clinical has been completed will be assigned one of the following
grades:<br /><br /><span style="margin-left:5em;">WP = Passing</span><br /><span style="margin-left:5em;">WF = Failing</span></li>
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