Academic Guidelines for College Housing

POLICY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

Adopted: Tuesday, June 10, 1997 
Revision Number: 2 
Revision Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 
Reference: Student Affairs

Policy:

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

Procedure:

College Housing: Holden Hall, Moody Hall, Huff Hall, Lamar Hall, Hancock Hall, Pearl River Hall, Marion Hall, and Forrest Hall.

1. Effective January 2015, a student must be enrolled in a minimum of 15 semester hours 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 Assistant Vice President 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.