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Academic Record Exclusion

Parkland College recognizes that students may return to the college after an absence of at least two years and be seriously encumbered by a prior academic record that is exceptionally poor, i.e., consisting primarily of D and F grades. The college further recognizes that for a variety of reasons a student’s prior record may not accurately represent the student’s current abilities and commitment to education. Possible reasons for the poor previous performance may include, but not be limited to, immaturity, personal crisis, or unclear vocational/educational goals.

In such cases the college acknowledges that it may be reasonable to exclude all of the prior academic record from the computation of the student’s cumulative grade point average. All prior grades and any earned credits will remain on the student’s transcript. Forms for requesting academic record exclusion are available at the Office of Admissions and Records in A167. Completed forms will be forwarded to the Student Academic Progress/Exceptions Committee.