The following attendance requirements shall apply to all college students:
- Students are expected to attend and be on time for all scheduled classes and labs. Students should refer to the course syllabus for individual course attendance requirements. At the instructor’s discretion, students may make up work missed. When students must be absent, it is vital that they remain in contact with their instructors.
Any student who has not attended at least one face-to-face class meeting or completed one assignment/activity for an online class by the date in which ten percent (10%) of the class has passed will be reported by the instructor as “never attended”. A student who has never attended a class by the ten percent (10%) date is no longer enrolled in the class and will not earn credit or receive a tuition refund for the course.
Under extenuating circumstances, a student who has never attended by the ten percent (10%) date may petition for reinstatement in the class and earn course credit. The student should notify the academic dean, in writing, of the extenuating circumstances and provide compelling documentation to support the request for reinstatement. Reinstatement will only be considered by the academic dean or the Executive Vice President when the absences were due to unforeseeable and uncontrollable circumstances or in the case of administrative error by the college.
Any student who has been absent for two consecutive weeks in a full term (or one week in shorter academic terms) may be withdrawn from the course. A student in an online, blended, or hybrid course will be withdrawn following two consecutive weeks in a full term (or one week in shorter academic terms) of missed assignments, missed attendance (for hybrid), and lack of communication with the instructor regarding course participation. Consistent with policies establishing attendance in online courses, logging into a course site but failing to perform the aforementioned actions does not constitute attendance. A grade of “W” will be assigned for any course from which the student is withdrawn. Withdrawals will be allowed up to the day prior to the exam period. Thereafter, the earned grade will be posted.
Under extenuating circumstances, a student may petition, in writing, the instructor, for reinstatement in the course upon demonstrating the capacity and likelihood of satisfactorily completing requirements as indicated on the course syllabus. Reinstatement will only be considered when the absence was due to documented unforeseeable and uncontrollable circumstances. Tuition refunds or credits will not result from a withdrawal.
- A student’s absence while participating in a college-sponsored or approved activity will be considered an excused absence for participating students. Such excused absences will not be considered in the students’ class attendance for drop/withdrawal purposes, nor will excused absences be included in the determination of a grade for “participation” of which class attendance is a part. The responsibility for making up class work rests entirely with the student. All assignments, tests, labs, class time and final exams to be missed due to college sponsored or approved activity will be rescheduled prior to the excused absences or otherwise rescheduled at the discretion of the instructor.
- The College provides reasonable accommodations, including two (2) excused absences each academic year, for religious observances required by a student’s religious practice or belief. Such reasonable accommodations must be requested in accordance with the procedures for this Policy and include the opportunity for the student to make up any tests or other work missed due to an excused absence for a religious observance. An accommodation request imposes responsibilities and obligations on both the college and the student requesting the accommodation. College faculty are required, as part of their responsibility to their students and the College, to adhere to this Policy and ensure its full and fair implementation by reasonably accommodating students’ religious practices or beliefs. Regardless of any accommodation that may be granted, college students are responsible for satisfying all academic objectives, requirements and prerequisites as determined by their instructor and the College.