Students who need to interrupt their studies during a semester already in progress or for a future semester can protect their matriculated status by applying for a leave of absence for up to one year. Leaving without officially withdrawing from college may result in the student’s receiving a grade of "F" for all their course work and may result in an academic dismissal.
Requiring a student to take a leave of absence through an Involuntary Leave of Absence is rare and only happens when current medical knowledge and/or the best available objective evidence indicates to the President’s designee(s) at the specific College or University that there is a significant risk to the student’s health or safety, or the health or safety of others in the Campus community, or the student’s behavior severely disrupts the College or University environment, where no reasonable accommodations can adequately reduce that risk or disruption.
