No Show Policy
Purpose
The purpose of the ‘No Show’ policy is to make certain that students are actively participating in their academic programs. Identifying ‘No Show’ students assists institutions of higher education with maintaining compliance with Title IV regulations regarding verification of a student’s initial attendance. The ‘No Show’ policy also supports our efforts to keep our students engaged in their education and away from accruing unnecessary debt for their lack of participation in their courses.
At the beginning of every semester, registered students who have not participated in their full-term courses by the end of the third week of the semester will be identified as ‘No Show’ by faculty. This aligns with the Registration Changes policy (see Catalog), in which students may be dropped or identified as ‘No Show’ without penalty in the first 15% of the course.
The ‘No Show’ deadline will vary for short-term courses dependent on the length of the course. Below is a chart of the ‘No Show’ drop deadlines for short-term courses.
Course Length | ‘No Show’ Drop Deadline |
One-Week Course | First Day After the Course Start Date |
Five-Week Course | Fourth Day After the Course Start Date |
Eight-Week Course | Sixth Day After the Course Start Date |
Weekends are not included in the course instruction days count.
The ‘No Show’ policy will ensure that Iḷisaġvik College is compliant with Title IV regulations verifying students’ initial attendance in post-secondary coursework.
Students identified as a ‘No Show’ will be notified by the Registrar’s Office of their status after they have been officially dropped from their courses.
Academic related activity includes, but is not limited to:
- Physical or virtual attendance in a class where there is direct interaction between the instructor and students;
- Submission of an academic assignment;
- Taking a quiz or exam, an interactive tutorial, or computer-assisted instruction;
- Participation in an online discussion about academic matters;
- Initiating contact with faculty members to ask a question about the academic subject studied in the course; and
- Any academic activity the instructor counts as academic course participation.
Non-academic related activity includes, but is not limited to:
- Living in the college residence halls;
- Participating in the college’s meal plan;
- Logging into an online class without active participation;
- Participating in academic counseling or advisement; and
- Any non-academic activity that the instructor does not consider academic participation.