No-Show Policy

Instructors will submit the names of students who do not attend any of the class sessions during the first week of the academic term as "No Shows" to the Registration and Records Office. Students taking online courses must log onto the online instructional system within the first five days of the start of the academic term and complete the specified academic assignment as directed by the course instructor. Otherwise, instructors of online courses will report students as No Shows. Students taking self-directed/individualized instruction courses must meet with their instructors during the first five days of the academic term to finalize class schedules. Otherwise, instructors of self-directed learning courses must report those students as No Shows.

The executive director of registration and records will remove No Show students from their classes, and instructors will not allow students to begin attending classes during the second or subsequent weeks of the academic term. The college will refund 100 percent of the tuition and fees students paid for the courses in which instructors reported them as No Shows. Students reported as No Shows in one, but not all, classes will be ineligible for refunds if the credit hours of their remaining classes total 15 hours or more. The Financial Aid Office will not award aid benefits for courses in which instructors report students as No Shows.

This policy does not apply to those students who attend at least one class session; complete the specified assignment in an online class, or meet with instructors of self-directed/individualized instruction courses during the first five days of the academic term, but later stop attending classes. Those students must complete the formal withdrawal process as outlined in Withdrawing Before the Semester Midpoint or Withdrawing After the Semester Midpoint or risk earning grades of F for the courses.