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If you have been terminated from The Art Institute of Houston because of your failure to meet the criteria for Satisfactory Academic Progress, you have the option of appealing your termination provided you can document mitigating circumstances that contributed to your termination.
Procedure for Appealing Academic Termination
Any student wishing to appeal an academic termination may do so in writing to the Dean of Academic Affairs. The written appeal must state the mitigating circumstances that contributed to the termination. The written appeal must be supported with appropriate documentation of the mitigating circumstances with explanation on how the circumstances have been remedied or changed.
The Dean of Academic Affairs or a committee will review a student’s appeal and will determine whether the student’s circumstance(s) and academic status warrant consideration for reinstatement. The student may be asked to appear in person during the review process when deemed necessary by the Dean or the Committee.
Examples of mitigating circumstances include death in the immediate family, hospitalization of a student, documented medical problems, and other special circumstances such as independently documented work-related transfers, natural disasters, and family emergencies. Mitigating circumstances are generally events that are beyond the student’s control and are unavoidable.
A student who is granted an appeal may be reinstated and, if otherwise eligible, receive financial aid; however, the student will be placed on probation for that quarter.
All appeals must be made by the end of the first week of the quarter in order to be considered for reinstatement in that same quarter.
Please contact the Registrar’s Office if you have any questions regarding the appeal process.