Attendance

Students are expected to attend for the full duration of all regularly scheduled campus classes. Should absence, tardiness, or early departure be necessary, students are responsible for the material covered during the absence. Faculty cannot grant requests for excessive amounts of make-up material, and they may request written documentation detailing the reason for absence, tardiness, or early departure. Strayer University requires all faculty to take attendance during each class period and to record it accurately on their permanent roster. A student who is late to class or who leaves early may be marked absent.

A student who is absent from four consecutive class meetings, excluding holidays and emergency cancellation of classes, will be withdrawn automatically from that course. A student will be withdrawn automatically from a mini-session course when he/she misses two consecutively scheduled classes. A student who does not attend any of the classes for which he/she is registered in a term will be administratively withdrawn from the University.

A student who has been absent due to mitigating circumstances should contact his/her Academic Advisor for additional time to complete coursework. The University has defined the following as mitigating circumstances: serious illness of the student, serious illness of a member of the student’s immediate family for whom the student is the primary caregiver, or death of a member of student’s immediate family, military deployment, unforeseen travel requirements, or relocation related to the student’s employment. To request accommodation or waiver based on mitigating circumstances, the student must provide the University with documentation supporting the student’s claim of mitigating circumstances. If the request is granted based on the documentation provided, the Academic Advisor will so notify the faculty member(s) to work with the student to satisfactorily complete the coursework within a reasonable amount of time. Students may also be required to submit additional documentation before enrolling in subsequent quarters to demonstrate that the mitigating circumstance no longer applies. If circumstances are such that, due to the length of the class absences or the length of the anticipated absence, the preferable course of action is class withdrawal, the student may petition the Campus Director for a tuition adjustment and/or waiver of the withdrawal fee. The same documentation cited above must be provided to the applicable Campus Director.