Carroll Community College

Section One: Academic Regulations

Attendance Policy

XIV. ATTENDANCE POLICY

A student is fully accountable for performing on schedule all tasks necessary to fulfill the objectives of each course, and he/she may expect that such performance may consist of classroom, laboratory, or conference participation and experience. Completion of course objectives is the chief criterion used by the College to govern attendance. The attendance policy of Carroll Community College, is as follows:

A. The purpose of an attendance policy at Carroll is the encouragement of class session attendance, in the belief that students who work consistently with their instructors learn more and have higher academic achievement than those who do not.

B. Guidelines for expected attendance in each course are approved at the department level and are published in the course syllabus and distributed in writing during the first week of the term by instructors.

C. Students are expected to attend all class sessions except in case of emergency (e.g., illness, death in the family, religious holidays, the observances of which requires restriction of daily activity, see paragraph D; or when participating in official College functions, e.g. field trips). In these cases, notification or verification if requested, will be given to the instructor by the student. In the case of absence for special personal reasons, other than those mentioned above, it is the student's responsibility to confer with the instructor about whether the absence is to be considered as excused.  When determining whether to consider an absence as excused, the instructor may require such evidence as seems appropriate. When a student's unexcused absences have exceeded the number of class sessions per week, the instructor issues a written warning to the student, with a copy forwarded to the Director of Admissions, Advising, and Counseling.

D. Religious observance: Students shall be allowed, whenever practicable, to make up assignments, quizzes, or exams that are missed due to religious observances. It is the student's responsibility to contact each instructor and arrange for make-up assignments or examinations. The student is responsible for providing written notification to the instructor(s) within the first two weeks of the term and must identify the religious holiday(s) and the date(s). The written notification will be hand delivered to the instructor(s)personally, understanding that such requests shall be treated confidentially. Students will be limited to no more than two absences per term for religious observance.  

E. A student who thinks this policy is being applied unfairly may file a complaint following the Complaint Process for Students (see College Regulations and Policies).