This message is from an email from Mark Morrison, Professor and Head of English on Feb. 18, 2016. Thought we could use a reminder of the policy.
Dear All,
Bob Burkholder learned from a recent town hall meeting that a growing number of you have been told by students that they cannot come to your class session because an instructor for another class has scheduled an exam during that period. (I’m not talking about final exam conflict issues.) The associate dean for undergraduate studies in the college has confirmed with Old Main that the policy is the following:
When a student comes to you with such a request to miss your class to take an exam for a different class, tell the student that they can ask the instructor for the other class to schedule a makeup exam to avoid the conflict with your class. If the other professor balks at this, tell me, and I’ll get in touch to remind him/her of the university policy with which they are out of compliance. In short, students should not be skipping your class to take an exam.
If you have experienced such a scenario this year, please let me know what department the other instructor was in. I’d like to see if any specific programs need a phone call from me.
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Morrisson
Professor and Head of English
404 Burrowes Bldg.