Special education
program's graduate student readmission policy
In the special education program, when a student has been "dropped" by the
Graduate School for inactivity, the faculty shall review the student for
readmission. Students have been dropped whenever they must file forms with
the Graduate School in order to receive permission to resume work on their
degrees. Examples of reasons for dropping a student are 1) no registration
for one year, 2) failure to complete the doctoral thesis within five years
after the prelim oral, 3) failure to complete pre-dissertation research, or
4) failure to complete prelim written/oral examinations.
Students will be considered for readmission after they have:
- Filed the required documents with the Graduate School.
- Sent a letter to the Coordinator of Special Education requesting
readmission and describing the motive and plan for completing the degree.
In response to the student's request, the faculty will: 1) determine if the
student's past performance was satisfactory and 2) determine if the program
has the resources available (e.g., an available advisor) to support the
student as s/he pursues a degree. If there are no concerns regarding
performance or resources, the faculty will offer to readmit the student
contingent upon the student agreeing to the following requirements:
- All students must meet the degree requirements in force at the time
of readmission.
- For master's degree students who were dropped six or more years ago,
they must take three approved foundations courses (one each in the areas of
measurement, social psychology, and learning/cognition), even if they met
these foundational requirements at an earlier time.
- For Ph.D. degree students who were dropped seven or more years ago,
they must take the currently required written preliminary examination,
whether or not they have previously taken the exam.
If, after considering the above policy and petitions filed by the
student, the faculty determines that additional coursework must be taken, the
student will be required to include this coursework on the degree program
form, and if the program has already been filed with the Graduate School,
the student will be required to file a revised program.
As with all special education requirements, students may petition for an exemption or substitution. Students should be aware, though,
that the intent of the above requirements is to help ensure that all
students who graduate in a given year have gone through equivalent
programs. The burden of proof, therefore, is on the student to demonstrate
that this equivalence can be achieved in an alternative way that is
acceptable to the faculty.
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