Academic Alert Program

The University of Montevallo's Academic Alert Program allows faculty members to refer struggling students for assistance. The advisors and student support staff members who receive these referrals attempt to contact the students in order to connect them to college resources.

The goals of the Academic Alert Program are to:

• Reach struggling students as early in the term as possible.
  
• Connect struggling students to college resources.
  
• Help students to maintain or improve their GPA.
  
• Improve student retention rates.

Struggling students as those who:

• Have poor attendance.
  
• Are continually late for class or leave early.
  
• Are inattentive.
  
• Do not participate.
  
• Or any student, who in the opinion of the faculty instructor, is unlikely to be successful in a given course.
  

See navigation at left for links to resources for faculty staff and students.

Time line for Academic Alert Program

1st wave of referrals:

Week 4 - Faculty receive e-mail reminding them to begin referrals.

Week 5 - Vice President of Student Affairs receives list of referrals and passes referrals on to Department Chairs or Student Support Staff. Department chairs receive list of referrals and pass referrals on to academic advisors.

Weeks 5 to 8 - Advisors and Student Support Staff contact students, advise students, send Advisor Action Forms, and e-mail referring faculty member with outcome.

2nd wave of referrals:

Week 9 - Faculty receive e-mail reminding them to begin referrals.

Week 10 - Vice President of Student Affairs receives list of referrals and passes referrals on to Department Chairs or Student Support Staff. Department chairs receive list of referrals and pass referrals on to academic advisors.

Weeks 10 to 13 - Advisors and Student Support Staff contact students, advise students, send Advisor Action Forms, and e-mail referring faculty member with outcome.

Week 16 - Final ARGOS Reports
At the end of the semester all information on referrals and advising outcomes is gathered into one report. It is available to:

• Chairs by departmental information.
• Academic Affairs (Terry Roberson, Jim Day)
• Deans
• Student Affairs (Kimberly Barrett)
• Michelle Johnston
• Robert Robinson

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