Southeastern to implement academic standards for living on campus
Contact: Christina Chapple
5/1/06
HAMMOND – In keeping with its goal of raising the bar on student success, Southeastern Louisiana University is adding academic standards to its requirements for students living on campus.
The new academic standards for student housing will go into effect for the fall 2006 semester, university officials said. The standards require students residing in the university’s eight new residence halls to have a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average or a 2.0 GPA for the last regular (fall or spring) semester in which they were enrolled full-time.
Students living on campus also must be enrolled full time and in good standing with the university.
All new freshmen are eligible for housing, but must meet the 2.0 GPA requirement at the end of their first semester.
Academic standards are already in place for the Southeastern Oaks apartments on North Campus, where students must maintain a 2.3 cumulative GPA.
“Adding academic standards to the privilege of living in our new residential community is a natural extension of our overall philosophy on encouraging student success,” said President Randy Moffett. “We have raised the bar on academic standards and student achievements, and we are looking for other approaches to help move students toward successful graduation. Living on campus is not just convenient and fun, but it is also a privilege. Residential life enhances the quality of students’ academic careers and experiences, and studies show it also increases the likelihood they will be successful academically.”
Moffett said that the university also will assume all operations of student housing on May 15, a function that previously had been handled by Capstone Management Corporation. Capstone Development, a division of Capstone, partnered with Southeastern to build the new $55 million complex of student housing and handled the initial year of management and operations.
“We believe that housing is an integral part of student life, and that it is in the best interests of student development that the university be directly responsible for this function,” he said. “We have enjoyed an excellent relationship with Capstone since 1999, but both entities agree that this move will further the university’s goal of integrating housing into the total educational experience for residential students.”
Moffett said Southeastern’s Office of Student Housing will partner with the university’s planned Center for Student Excellence to offer a variety of student support programs and services to help resident students succeed academically.
For additional information, contact the Office of Student Housing, (985) 549-2118.
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