Students:
Before Financial Aid is disbursed each semester, NCCU must confirm that you have begun attendance in all of your courses. Instructors must validate your attendance for each course during the first two weeks of classes. You must attend at least one session of each class before any financial aid will be disbursed or refunded.
Throughout each semester, absences from class due to COVID, or any other reason, are still treated as absences. The accommodation letter provides students with the ability to have access to class lectures through Zoom, Panopto, or posted materials and to make up any missed work or exams. Whether a student attends class via Zoom is up to each professor, but a student is still counted absent even if the student attends class via Zoom. The accommodations letter serves as documentation of the absence, but it does not negate the absence. To comply with ABA Standard 308, our attendance policy provides that students cannot exceed the allowable absences as outlined in Section 1.13 of the Student Handbook. Thus, whether the absence is “excused” is only relevant if a student exceeds the allowable absences. In that event, students would share all relevant documentation regarding their absences with the Associate Dean of Students during the review procedure outlined in Section 1.13-01. The accommodations letters will serve as the sufficient justification required in Section 1.13.02.
Faculty:
If a student misses at least two-thirds of classes, please notify the Registrar pursuant to Section 1.13 of the Student Handbook, as well as the student. It is the student's responsibility to keep track of allowable absences and start preparing their documentation for the attendance committee in case they are withdrawn from the class due to the absences. Any questions about this policy may be directed to the Registrar.