SAP is the standard abbreviation for satisfactory academic progress, the measure of whether academic work is advancing well enough, in grades and in pace, to reach completion.
What it means
Satisfactory academic progress is ordinarily expressed in two measures: a qualitative one, based on grades or grade point average, and a quantitative one, based on the pace at which attempted work is completed.
The abbreviation is read as “satisfactory academic progress” and is common in United States postsecondary usage, where the phrase is usually written out in full the first time and shortened to SAP after that.
What the catalog says
InterCoast Colleges’ catalog states this under “SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY” (p. 30).
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