Can a College drop you from a class for being absent?

[cbg]

Can a College drop you from a class for being absent?

Yes. A college can drop you from a class for being absent. Quite legally. I hope that this is now clear to you.

Next question, please.

 

[stealth2]

What I do find interesting/amusing is that, instead of doing as s/he was told to avoid the class(es) being dropped, OP jumped on the 'Net to opine how arbitrary and unfair the policy is. Would a reasonable person/adult not take care of the issue FIRST?

 

[Limbs_of_a_Pine]

Im not saying I deserve special consideration, Im saying the policy itself is unethical, not just for me, but for everyone.

edit: For example, lets say you paid for a gym membership for a year but because you didn't show up for X amount of time they cancel your membership without a refund, the only person you're hurting in that situation is yourself, so why is it ok for a school to do this?

Hi darkfox. There is a reason why colleges have these policies which nobody's mentioned yet. Not surprisingly it's money.

All colleges, even most private ones, get funding from a lot of sources, not just tuition. They rely on this funding to run.

The amount of funding is at least partly based on the percentage of students who successfully complete each course and program. The higher the % of PASSING students the more $$$ the school gets.

Student who miss a lot of classes statistically don't pass, so they will count against the school - the school will get less $ because of them. But, if they are dropped from the rolls before the end of term, they don't count towards the final percentages.

The push to improve our percentages is getting stronger all the time. Where I teach (I'm a full-time prof) there is definite pressure on us to tally attendance and drop, drop, drop any student who violates attendance policy. (We all have the freedom to create our own policies, so there is wiggle room, but the college WANTS us to follow their policy, which is also "3 absences = drop".)

I hope that helps you understand the "why" of the drop policy. As for it being legally allowed, an education is not considered a product, so laws about buying and selling products don't apply. Ethically ... Personally, I think you could make a good argument that schools with more failing students deserve MORE money, but ethics don't determine the law.