Here, our administration and student services personnel are pretty
clear. It's the student's responsibility to withdraw. If the
student doesn't, then the student earns an F.
With that said, faculty are encouraged to identify students who have
stopped coming to class and report them to the academic counselors.
The academic counselors contact the missing students (usually with a
phone call and a letter). Typically the student is not aware of the
withdrawal procedure (or that they need to do it). In many cases the
student is facing some sort of personal crisis and having contact
with the academic counselors turns out to be a good thing.
The underlying message to the students is that the faculty and staff
care about their academic careers, but that it's the student's
responsibility to take care of themselves.
>From a 2-year branch of New Mexico State where our funding is
heavily dependent on enrollment,
Sue
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Sue Frantz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Office: (505) 439-3731
New Mexico State Univ - Alamogordo Fax: (505) 439-3802
Alamogordo, NM 88310 http://web.nmsu.edu/~sfrantz
