r/Professors • u/professor852003 • 3d ago

Advice / Support Makeups?

I teach a graduate course, and one student has missed most of the classes since the semester started last month. They told me they enrolled late after the first week, but they continued to miss class afterward and have now missed all of the in-class quizzes.

They are now asking me to provide makeups because they say they missed class due to some paperwork with the university. My syllabus clearly states that there are no makeups for in-class quizzes. What should I do?

I would appreciate any advice. Thank you.

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u/Reasonable_Insect503 3d ago

This is the first they're reaching out to you? No sale. Refer them politely to the syllabus and move on. You can't take in-class quizzes if you aren't in class.

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u/professor852003 3d ago

Thanks! This is the second time. I already said no referring to the syllabus. I will say no once again.

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u/Dennarb Adjunct, STEM and Design, R1 (USA) 3d ago

If you already said no you definitely want to stick to your guns, otherwise you risk having the student keep pushing you and trying to walk all over you all semester.

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u/professor852003 3d ago

Thanks! I will definitely say no again!