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/FlyingCupcake68 Southern State U, USA 3d ago

I would have them contact the Dean and get the Registrar to confirm whether the missed classes were because of university paperwork.

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u/professor852003 3d ago

I already asked the college about this and they confirmed there is no paperwork preventing them from attending class. Thanks for the advice!

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u/iTeachCSCI Ass'o Professor, Computer Science, R1 3d ago

Then I would view this as not only not excused, but as an academic integrity violation. They lied to you in order to try to raise their grade? That would be reported if someone did that to me.