The Scholarly Progress Agreement is a tool to facilitate consultation and agreement between faculty advisors and graduate students regarding timely progress towards degree. Use this process for:
- Degree progress/completion and program requirement concerns—terms and conditions for making progress/meeting requirements/completing the degree
- Conflict Resolution—expectations of all parties
- Time Extensions—legitimate reason for a one-year extension to the maximum time limit (Also submit the Request for an Extension to the Maximum Time Limit Form.)
- GRAD 999 extensions—student has exceeded the two-semester limit (Also submit GRAD 999 request form.)
The advisor, advisory committee chair, graduate student, and the graduate program director of graduate studies should all be involved in determining that a Scholarly Progress Agreement is needed and in developing and implementing the plan. If the advisor will be on leave for any portion of the term of the Scholarly Progress Agreement, this should be specified, and plans for how support for and check-ins with the student during the advisor’s leave should be specifically provided.
Scholarly Progress Agreement form