All graduate students are required to demonstrate satisfactory progress towards degree completion. Department Handbooks shall document the procedure to annually assess students’ progress to degree completion. A doctoral student who does not achieve candidacy within three years and is not making satisfactory progress may be recommended for academic probation or dismissal. The Graduate Program Director (GPD) must notify the Graduate School of any student determined not to be making satisfactory academic progress; that student shall be placed on Academic Probation.  A student who subsequently fails to make satisfactory progress towards the degree and be removed from probation shall be dismissed from the Graduate School.