Policy and Procedure

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NOTE -  POLICY HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED SEE NEW POLICY AT:
Attendance at Classes:  Teaching Faculty 13.04 (PDF)

ACADEMIC OPERATING POLICY AND PROCEDURE

MEMORANDUM TO: All Holders of Mississippi State University  Academic Operating Policy and Procedure Manual
 
DATE:  April 17, 1989
Revised: August 2, 2006
 
SUBJECT: AOP 13.04 - Attendance at Classes: Teaching Faculty

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Academic Operating Policy and Procedure (AOP) is to insure an understanding of standardized procedures for the handling of Teaching Faculty Class Attendance at Mississippi State University in accordance with the Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning of the State of Mississippi.

REVIEW

This AOP will be reviewed every four years or whenever circumstances require an earlier review by the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs (APAA) with recommendations for revision presented to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

POLICY/PROCEDURE

Instructors will be in classes during the full scheduled times unless hindered by reasons beyond their control and, when teachers cannot meet classes, timely announcements will be made. In those cases where the teacher is absent and has not been able to notify the class ahead of time, students are expected to remain in the classroom ten minutes after the beginning of the period, unless otherwise indicated by the instructor.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Position Section

Year
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Review

2010

AOP 13.04
Revised: August 2, 2006

For information about this policy, contact the responsible/reviewing department hyperlinked above.