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News Rule 1.0 by Michelle Godard A new academic policy that suspends or dismisses first-semester freshmen and first-semester transfer students who fail to maintain a grade point average above a 1.0, has claimed six main campus students and six countinu ing education students this semester. This policy was enforced for the first time after being throughly discussed by the Admis sions Office, the Clerks committee, and the facul ty The two main campus and the two CCE students that had a 1.0 gpa were suspended for the academic year and may reapply for readmission on academic probation after their suspension period. Those four main campus and four CCE students who did not achieve a 1.0 gpa were dismissed from the college indefinitely. South African Report by Holly Fairbairn Confusion about post divestment strategies has been dispelled by members of the Commit tee on South Africa. After meeting for a second time since Guilford divested in September, their pro posals for promoting social change are many, although concrete action has been delayed by the desire to make informed decisions. A proposal for scholar ship assistance for South african students became the object of rumor after it was unexpectedly reveal ed to a group gathered in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on January 18. Anthony Gurley, Director of Finan cial Aid, was present at the gathering and an nounced that a Turstee Endowment Fund ear marked for minority and international Students had been merged with a re quest for a new fund for South African students. On January 21, Gurley explained that, "my in- Before this policy was established, a first semester freshman or transfer student who earn ed a 1.0 or below was only given academic probation. Academic probation is still given to those who have at tempted 20-39.9 credits and fail to achieve a cumulative quality point average of 1.5, students who have attempted 40-74.9 credits and have not maintained a 1.7 cumulative gpa, and students who have attemp ted 75 or more credits and fail to obtain a 1.9 cumulative gpa (The Guilford College 1986-1988 Bulletin). Students placed on academic probation must earn at least a 2.0 gpa during that term to continue at Guilford Col lege. This new policy for first semester freshmen and first-semester transfer students was created primarily in reponse to a study that found that "last structions on October 7 were to freeze the fund and reserve it for qualified South African students." (Eligible students this year were not affected, because the money has already been awarded.) The minority and inter national student fund is just one Trustee Endow ment fund and is not the only resource available to these students to create a financial aid package. -However, it is the largest that shows preference for Afro-American and inter national students (principal holdings are around $250,000). Current ly, it generates around $22-23,000 each year in usable aid money. The Committee on South Africa, composed of trustees, faculty, staff, and students, recommend ed that scholarship assistance be made available by, "showing preference for South African students," accor ding to Judy Harvey, Director of the Friends' Center and member of the Committee. year the list of students separated (suspended or dismissed) from the col lege at the end of the year was very similar to those who were in extreme academic difficulty at the end of the first semester," said Anne Ponder, Associate Academic Dean. :'V. ' ■ V/ ,Pp ' T Ann Ponder, Associate Academic Dean. Pholo: Er,c Buck Because the Trustee fund for minorities and in ternational students was already in place, the two programs were merged. It was hoped that the move would attract more dona tions now that there is a designated fund for South African scholarship assistance. What remains to be cecided is exactly how preference will be shown to South African students without limiting aid to other international and Afro-American students. The Committee was at first unclear as to how this would be accomplished, but after a meeting Harvey had with Jim Newlin, Director of Finance, she clarified the Committee's role as an ad vising body. The Commit tee will participate in "a process (that) will be set up in Admissions and Financial Aid to deter mine how to recruit South African students and award them scholar ships." She added, "I want to stress that we welcome input from any member of the community." The more immediate project on which the Com- Ponder hopes that the policy will catch "potentially unproductive citizens" who "by the end of their first year would have done significant damage to their academic career." Though the col lege is monitoring the mittee is focused is getting a collection of books that were donated by students into South Africa. Three bins of books have been sorted and are ready to be mailed as soon as the Committee can decide where to ship them, how to pay for the shipping, and how to keep the program sustained so that books can be continuously donated. Several other proposals are being considered, such as Guilford's sponsoring an International Quaker f ALL COMFORTERS 10% Off I Factory Outlet Sale To ■ Sae Money!! rjKL_jii:Er] Irregulars & Factory Closeouts on com-1 py i ; forters. 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On-campus pro grams to educate the com munity are also in the works strengthening African Studies and bring ing speakers onto campus have been suggested. Please contact any of the on-campus members of the Committee if you have any concerns or help to offer.
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