Academic Guidelines for College Housing

POLICY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Adopted: 
Tuesday, June 10, 1997
Revision Number: 
1
Revision Date: 
Tuesday, October 13, 1998
Reference: 
Student Affairs
Policy: 

Pearl River Community College requires students to meet specific guidelines to reside in college
housing.

Procedure: 

College Housing: First/Second Women’s Dorms, Huff, Marion, New Men’s Dorm, Pearl River, River Village, and White Hall.

  1. A student must be enrolled full-time (12 semester hours or more) to live in college housing.
  2. A student must maintain satisfactory academic progress as defined below to reside in college housing.
    HOURS ATTEMPTED FOR GPA 0-24 25-36 37 & above
    MINIMUM CUMULATIVE GPA 1.5 1.75 2.0
  3. If a student fails to meet the above requirements, he/she is placed on probation for one semester. If student does not remove deficiency during the probationary semester, he/she will be suspended from residency in college housing for a minimum of one semester or until the deficiency is removed.
  4. A student may appeal dismissal from college housing by doing so in writing to the Dean of Student Services (the appeal must be within 3 days of dismissal with sufficient justification given).
  5. A student must be seventeen years of age or older to reside in college housing.