1/6 When should professors let students miss class with no penalty?
2/6 Why is attendance in class mandatory — especially when Covid is still a threat? It's a question many students are asking after emergency remote instruction and missing class because of Covid, calling current policies "inadequate" and "irrational." chronicle.com/article/the-at…
3/6 Students are calling for more leniency in attendance for mental health, life events, and disabilities. Many have argued in opinion pieces that virtual learning has made college more accessible than before.
4/6 Universities see attendance as a "first step" towards students succeeding in a course. But attendance policies aren't uniform: colleges set broad parameters for attendance, and actual policies are mostly left to professors.
5/6 A college might argue that the variation in attendance policies is a feature, not a bug. Professors should know better than anyone what it takes to succeed in their particular courses. But critics say policies don't measure "engagement or participation."
6/6 As professors scramble to balance university requirements with student needs, there is an overwhelming sense that unless there is some reckoning with attendance policies, students are likely to remain confused and frustrated. chronicle.com/article/the-at…
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