What factors put students at risk for probation?
There are several differing factors that can place a student in jeopardy of falling onto academic probation. There may be one individual factor that causes academic probation or a student may be experiencing multiple factors all at once. And the factors that we are going to discuss are not an exhaustive list nor do they automatically result in academic probation for a student. One common factor that places a student at risk for academic probation is being underprepared . These students have deficits with their academic abilities – reading, writing, critical thinking, study habits and so on. And often these students will fault their previous education for not fully preparing them for college-level work. Students may also be considered underprepared because of their developmental skills. Insufficient developmental skills related to areas such as a student’s maturity, socialization, and acceptance of responsibility also place a student at risk for academic probation. For the student who i
