Attendance/Administrative Drop Policy

Initiated by: Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness
Reviewed by: Policy Coordinator
Approved by: Dr. Paul F. Gasparro, President

Policy Statement

To ensure the commitment to student success, attendance must be taken in all classes, regardless of modality, starting with the first day of the class.

Persons Affected:

All students and faculty of Belmont College.

Procedures: 

• Faculty may elect to relate course attendance to the course grading policy. This will be specified in each course syllabus.
• For federal financial aid compliance, attendance will be recorded for each class session by the faculty and reported in the electronic learning management system.
• A student is considered a non-attendee in any course modality when he or she does not physically attend a class session or does not log in and participate in the course content within the first 14 days of the term for fall and spring (excluding holidays and emergency closings) and within the first 7 days of the term (excluding holidays and emergency closings) for summer, accelerated or flex courses as per the Federal Financial Aid Guidelines.
• A student is considered a non-attendee in any course modality when he or she does not physically attend a class session or does not log in and participate in the course content for 2-consecutive weeks at the beginning of the course. In this case, faculty will notify advising and the student will automatically be dropped from the course.
• Students who receive federal financial aid and do not physically attend and/or log in and participate in classes will be dropped from their classes and have their financial aid cancelled or reduced. The federal government mandates that federal monies for non-attendees who receive federal financial aid be returned to the federal government.
• Attendance will also be documented to verify last day attended in each class.