Academic Progress

Academic Forgiveness

Students who attended County College of Morris in the past with poor academic records and who wish to return to the college without being penalized for a long-standing poor record may declare academic forgiveness for all courses taken during their initial attendance at the college.

Students may declare academic forgiveness if there is a five-year interim between the time they took their last course and the time they re-enroll at the college.

Once the Academic Forgiveness Form is submitted to the Office of Records and Registration and the student is approved, the student’s previous record is retained on the transcript with “Academic Forgiveness’’ indicated. This statement will separate the past from the current course work. The academic bankruptcy policy is printed on the back of the student’s transcript.

When students declare academic forgiveness, all courses taken during their first affiliation with the college will be included.

Selecting only certain courses is not permitted. Also, there is no minimum number of credits required before a student is eligible to declare academic forgiveness. Students will have one opportunity to take advantage of this policy.

Students interested in further information should contact the Office of Records and Registration.

Academic Conduct

In order to maintain academic integrity at County College of Morris, the college community will not tolerate any form of academic dishonesty. Examples of unacceptable forms of dishonesty include cheating, copying, fabrication, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, submitting someone else’s work as one’s own; dishonesty through the use of technology such as sharing flash drives, files or programs; access to, modification of or transfer of electronic data, system software or computing facilities. The intent of this policy is to promote academic integrity and to arrest all forms of academic dishonesty.

When incidents of academic dishonesty occur and the faculty member chooses to submit a formal complaint of the incident to the Dean of Students Office, the Dean will refer the complaint to the Academic Integrity Review Board, which is composed of faculty, academic administrators and the Dean of Students. The Academic Integrity Review Board will review the circumstances surrounding the incident and make a recommendation of appropriate disciplinary action. Penalties imposed on a student who violates this policy may vary from failing the unit of work to expulsion from the college.

Academic Probation and Dismissal Policy

The Academic Review Committee shall be composed of the Dean of Students, one counselor, the Director of Accessibility Services, and three (3) faculty members from each of the three (3) academic schools.  The Academic Review Committee shall have jurisdiction to (a) determine appeals by students who have been academically dismissed, and (b) consider applications for readmission following academic dismissal.

The Dean of Students will inform students in writing of their dismissal and the right to appeal such dismissal.  Students seeking to appeal academic dismissals must submit, within a limited timeframe, a letter of appeal to the Academic Review Committee, care of the Office of the Dean of Students.  Included with this letter should be supporting documentation that offers extenuating circumstances for the student’s past academic performance.  The Academic Review Committee will review this letter and documentation and, at its discretion, interview the student before making its decision.

The Academic Review Committee will make a determination on the appeal and notify the student in writing of its decision prior to the first day of classes of the semester commencing after the filing of the appeal. The decision of the Academic Review Committee shall be the final decision of the college.