"A" Is for Absent
Page 1 “A” Is For Absent
Shelly Chasteen
Professor Wright
English Comp II
M-W 8:00am-9:20
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“A” is for Absent
Some college professors follow the “not required, but explicit” attendance policy. Some professors make it very clear that students attend all classes, but it is not enforced through grade reduction. Broward College in Hollywood Florida suggests that each professor create an attendance policy with the syllabus, but does not insist on any penalties.
The virtues of this includes treating students as consumers of education rather than kindergarten children by letting the student know that the professor holds classroom attendance in the students best interest, and will provide quality instruction to the students who attend. Excessive absenteeism can affect the outcome of the career path that the student has chosen.
Why be mediocre when you have the ability to excel in any given class. Colleges need to find a way to treat students like adults while also ensuring enough of them show up for class to succeed. Your transcript is like a prison record, it will follow you where ever you go.
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“A” is for Absent
The University of Maryland's attendance policy states, “students are excused from attending classes in cases of emergency or religious holidays. The University of Maryland does not insist upon attendance nor do they asses penalties, moreover, Maryland does not require that any professor create his or her own attendance policy for the students enrolled in each professor's class. Northern Illinois University’s policy on attendance is,”if a student misses more than four classes in a course that meets three times per week, the professor must lower that students grade by at least letter”.
This type of policy gives advantages by not only ensuring classroom attendance, but by making it very clear to the students what will happen if they miss class excessively. A different version of this policy is found at
Shelly Chasteen
Professor Wright
English Comp II
M-W 8:00am-9:20
page 2
“A” is for Absent
Some college professors follow the “not required, but explicit” attendance policy. Some professors make it very clear that students attend all classes, but it is not enforced through grade reduction. Broward College in Hollywood Florida suggests that each professor create an attendance policy with the syllabus, but does not insist on any penalties.
The virtues of this includes treating students as consumers of education rather than kindergarten children by letting the student know that the professor holds classroom attendance in the students best interest, and will provide quality instruction to the students who attend. Excessive absenteeism can affect the outcome of the career path that the student has chosen.
Why be mediocre when you have the ability to excel in any given class. Colleges need to find a way to treat students like adults while also ensuring enough of them show up for class to succeed. Your transcript is like a prison record, it will follow you where ever you go.
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page 3
“A” is for Absent
The University of Maryland's attendance policy states, “students are excused from attending classes in cases of emergency or religious holidays. The University of Maryland does not insist upon attendance nor do they asses penalties, moreover, Maryland does not require that any professor create his or her own attendance policy for the students enrolled in each professor's class. Northern Illinois University’s policy on attendance is,”if a student misses more than four classes in a course that meets three times per week, the professor must lower that students grade by at least letter”.
This type of policy gives advantages by not only ensuring classroom attendance, but by making it very clear to the students what will happen if they miss class excessively. A different version of this policy is found at