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Monday, August 19, 1996
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Sand volleyball was one of the events at the Sunflower State Games in July. A player from the Killer Spikers passes the ball during a game at the Robinson Center sand volleyball courts.
Desire to skip class can hurt grades
By Gwen Olson Kansan staff writer
It's Monday morning, and it's early. Many students just hit your snooze bar for the 10th time and are wondering what would happen if they skipped class.
This thought crosses through students' minds many times during semester. They often choose sleep at the risk of hurting their grades.
Most departments at the University of Kansas do not have attendance policies that apply to all classes, but many professors have their own.
Carol Lucas, coordinator of the Kansas Algebra Program, said although there was no attendance policy for MATH 002 and MATH 101, students' grades would suffer if they skipped class often.
"Homework counts for 15 percent of their grades, and they must be present to get those points," she said. "We emphasize that students should be in class."
The department of sociology also has no attendance policy. Carol Warren, chairwoman of the department, said that attendance was left up to the instructors.
"One of the reasons we don't have a department policy is because we have so many different classes," she said.
"In most of those classes, the instructor can't take attendance," Warren said. "But students have to realize that it is going to affect their grade if they are not there."
Some large introductory sociology classes do not have attendance policies.
Students have different views on the necessity of attendance policies.
"If you miss assignments, it can affect your grades, but most of my teachers don't really care," said Brian Clark, Merriam junior.
Clark also said he thought it was unfair that students who were doing well in a class should be punished by the policies.
"If we can get an A without going to class, then more power to us," he said. "We shouldn't be punished for not going."
Kim Prout, Overland Park graduate student, said she thought students should be able to miss class if they accepted the consequences.
"I sometimes skip class," Prout said. "I think we're old enough that we shouldn't have attendance policies. I do understand why professors have them for educational benefits, but some people can skip and still do well."
'Add'til you drop'may stop
Administrators hope linear tuition will end enrollment free-for-all
By Mallorre Dill
Kansan staff writer
Under the linear tuition plan, lines for add/drop this semester may be shorter.
Students stand to lose money if they drop a course after classes begin Thursday, unless they add the same number of credit hours. Fewer students may add or drop as a result, said Brenda Selman, assistant registrar.
"Typically, when you attach money to it, you'll make a wiser decision," Selman said.
Students who drop classes will receive a full refund if they drop before classes begin. Students who drop from the first through the 10th day of classes will receive a 90 percent refund. A 50 percent refund period runs from the 11th through the 20th day of classes.
For example, a typical in-state undergraduate will pay $6.30 for each credit hour dropped during the 90 percent refund period.
Selman said that the number of add/drops in past semesters were not monitored and that there was no method of estimating how many to expect this semester.
For Jill Elliott, Hutchinson junior, the new system did make a difference. Neither plans to add or drop this semester.
"You ask for money from your parents once," Elliot said. "You don't want to ask for it again."
Doug Denney, associate chairman of the department of psychology, said he had noticed some classes usually filled in
Selman said the add/drop schedule was designed to encourage students to be settled by the 20th day of classes. That's when enrollment reports, which can affect the University's budget, are sent to the Board of Regents.
Students may drop a class at any time from today through Sept. 26 and can go to the front of the line.
If dropping classes
Add/drop information
If students drop on or before Aug. 21, they will receive full credit for the value of the class or classes dropped.
Drop Aug. 22 through Sept. 4 to receive 90 percent credit.
Drop Sept. 5 through Sep. 19 to receive 50 percent credit.
No refunds will be given for classes dropped after Sept
loss dropped after Sept. 19.
Dropping after Sept. 26 will affect students' transcripts. See page 22 of the Timetable of Classes.
If students are withdrawing from the University, they must do so between Aug. 19 and Aug. 22 to receive a full tuition refund. See pages 6 and 21 of the timetable.
If adding and dropping classes
- To owe no additional tuition, students must meet these requirements:
  1) Add the same number of credit hours dropped.
  2) Add and drop courses from the same campus: fees vary off the Lawrence campus.
  3) Add and drop during the same refund period. There are three refund periods: Aug. 19 through Aug. 21, Aug. 22 through Sept. 4, Sept. 5 through Sept. 19.
If students do not add and drop during the same refund period, they will be billed for the full cost of the added class. For the
dropped class, students will be refunded a percentage of the cost according to the date on which they drop. See pages 6 and A1.2 of the timetable for dates and percentages of tuition refunds.
If adding classes
Students will be billed for each credit hour of classes added. See page AB of the timetable.
Check the schedule on page 23 of the timetable for appoint ment times.
1) Students may add between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the day of their scheduled appointment.
2) Students may add between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the day following their scheduled appointment.
3) Students are allowed to add between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 and 4.
4) There may be additional add/drop times for students. They student must present only their completed and signed add/drop form.
More information about linear tuition and add/drop is available at an information session during Hawk Week at 1 p.m. Wednesday in 31:39 Wescoe.
early enrollment were still open. He had stared at the enrollment numbers on the computer screen and said to a colleague, "This is unbelievable."
Kathy Hall, assistant director of the college advising support center, said she thought early add/drop was a nice option for students, but that it was too early to tell if it would decrease add/drops in the fall.
Source: Brenda Seiman, assistant registrar.
But Denny wasn't prepared to say it was a result of linear tuition.
"We're going to be working out a lot of little bugs in the system here," he said.
"I'm not sure how much it helps," she said. "I'm afraid decisions about schedules aren't made until mid-summer."
With a three-month gap between semesters, students have more time to make decisions about schedule changes or even career paths, she said.
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