[Oacrao-l] Question about failing grades for non attendance

[Rick Edgington]

Janice,
We use an on-line grading system that utilizes three different submissions: 1. Certification/Census Roster where the faculty submit those who are "no shows" and we remove them out of the system BEFORE we process federal financial aid, 2. Mid-Term roster where we communicate with students & advisors those grades of D or F at mid-term, and 3. Final Grade where the faculty may submit either an F or AW grade but they must give last date of attendance before they can proceed to the next student in their class. This allows financial aid & the VA to have all of their necessary dates.  Faculty can WARN/DROP a student in the first 14 weeks of class for attendance issues. Because we are dealing with freshmen & sophomores, we strongly encourage faculty to use this system.  Our position is that payment of tuition & fees is punitive enough without assigning failing grades to those who have dropped off the face of the earth. Hope this helps.

Rick
NOC

From: oacrao-l-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oacrao-l-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Janice Middlebrooks
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:48 PM
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Subject: [Oacrao-l] Question about failing grades for non attendance

It has been suggested to us that we should create a grade of FN or NF to reflect failing a course for non-attendance versus an earned F.  I have some questions:

1.       Do you have such a grade?  If so what is it?

2.       Is that grade recorded on transcripts and grade reports or is it something you note internally?
Thanks for your replies.

Janice Middlebrooks
Assistant Registrar
Mid-America Christian University
3500 S.W. 119th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73170
Fax: (405) 692-3279
(405) 692-3175 | jmiddlebrooks at macu.edu<mailto:jmiddlebrooks at macu.edu>

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