The assignment of a grade by the instructor on a paper or examination involved in the offense shall not be subject to appeal.
Other sanctions may be appealed to the next higher level of authority up to and including the All-University Court. Such appeal must be filed in writing within 15 days of notification of the sanction. 4. The student shall have the right to attend and participate in a class until a decision is made on his/her appeal.
Class attendance is mandatory for all enrolled students. Class attendance is linked to a variety of daily classroom assignments, and these assignments require students' preparation and participation in order for students to be successful. A record of the students' attendance is required by all instructors beginning on the first day the class meets. Faculty are required to take attendance until the final examination date. Students absent from class due to official university business, or other reasons considered excusable, are responsible for making up and submitting work to their instructors within seven days of the absence.
excuse absences, university-sponsored and personal, include the following: documented required military service; documented university service on campus or off-campus representation of the University; documented research, presentation, or field trip; documented interview for professional/ academic advancement, and documented jury duty.
Personal excused absences include the following: documented illness from a doctor or practicing medical professional in the area of the student's illness, who attended to the student; documented serious illness or death of an immediate family member (mother, father, spouse, child, sibling, grandparent, or (former) legal guardian, and documented court appearance.
Absence(s) planned from class(es) because of university-sponsored activities must be reported to the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs two (2) weeks prior to the date of the absence. The Vice President for Student Affairs will inform faculty members BEFORE the student's absence from class(es) in these cases. Service-related absences do not reduce the number for Non-Service related excused absences allowed to a student.
All other documented absences must be submitted to and bear the signature of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs within seven (7) business days of the absence(s).
A student who stops attending a class for any reason must contact the instructor and the Office of the Registrar to withdraw officially from the course. This action must be done on or before the published withdrawal date on the official Academic Calendar for that semester. If a student fails to withdraw from a class, the lack of action will result in a failing grade for the course. Late registration beyond the University's add/drop date must be approved by the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the University Registrar, and the class instructor. Under these circumstances, no excused or unexcused absences will be accrued until the date of the students first official course enrollment. All make-up assignments must be completed within a time period determined by the instructor.
In addition to regular attendance, timely attendance is required for each student enrolled in Kentucky State University in order for students to take full advantage of class participation. A student is tardy when he/she: (a) Reports to class after the published start time of a class.
(b) Exits the class prior to the end of the class without the instructor's approval. Three violations of the tardiness will constitute an unexcused absence.
All faculty, staff, and students are required to follow the policies outlined in this catalog.
A student who has not attended a face-to-face class by the end of the first two weeks of the course will be dropped from the class administratively for financial aid purposes. The same holds true for an online student who has not signed and returned the course agreement attached to the syllabus within the first two weeks of class.
A student enrolled in a face-to-face course or hybrid course who accrues a number of unexcused absences which exceeds the number of class meetings in one week shall be reported to the Center for Academic Persistence (CAPS). The CAPS staff will confirm the student's attendance record in the class with the instructor before withdrawing the student from the course. This action excludes official excuses as verified by the Office of Student Affairs.
A student enrolled in a 100% online or hybrid course is required to complete the online course assessment successfully and engage in the process as described in the course syllabus.
An instructor whose student does not meet the conditions stipulated in this policy must report the absent student to the Center for Academic Persistence Services (CAPS) to be withdrawn from the class.