Faculty Handbook & Constitution - Lee University

LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTIONclass. The Registrar’s Office will notify teachers when students drop the class or withdrawfrom school. If a student stops attending class, the faculty member should make a noteof the last time the student attended even if that student does not officially drop the classor withdraw from the university.Attendance PoliciesEach teacher has the prerogative of developing his/her own attendance policy withincertain limits. The teacher may develop a system by which grade reduction can be madenot to exceed one letter grade per semester based on absence alone. Someconsideration should be given to students who are absent because of school–relatedactivities such as participation in athletic teams or music organizations, provided thestudent is responsible in his/her attempts to make up work according to the teacher’sguidelines. Students’ attendance in 100–level courses should be more closely monitored.Absences totaling two weeks should be reported to the Vice President for StudentDevelopment.The teachers’ attendance policy must be given to students in writing as part of thecourse syllabus within the first two weeks of the semester.Due to the nature of the delivery system of courses, the Division of Adult Learninghas established a separate attendance policy. Please see the Division of Adult Learningsection of this handbook.Traveling Group Academic Policy(as approved by the Academic Council in January 2000)A student placed on Academic Probation will have two semesters to raise his/herGPA. If the student fails to be removed from Academic Probation, the student willnot be allowed to continue membership in the traveling group. We will follow theAcademic Probation Standard set by the Admissions and Retention Committee. They areas follows:1.6 Freshman 1-29 Hours1.7 Sophomore 30-59 Hours1.9 Junior 60-89 Hours2.0 Senior 90-120 HoursTraveling Group Directors will also be at liberty to create a higher GPA requirementfor their groups. Some groups are already doing this, and the consensus was to allowthis flexibility.Change of Schedule1. The student who seeks to change his/her schedule should be encouraged to firstconsult with his/her advisor.2. A fee is charged to the student for changing his/her schedule unless the changeresulted from an error other than the student’s. The amount of that fee is currently$10 per course.Each request for a change in schedule must be approved by the faculty member whois in charge of the class as well as the advisor.3. All schedule additions must be made by the end of the second week of class.4. All withdrawals must be made by the Monday of the 11th week of class.7 - 14 Academic Policies and Procedures