Attendance

Stanbridge University’s attendance policy is as follows:

  • Consistent attendance is a requirement for graduation. A student failing to abide by university and program attendance policies will be dismissed.
  • Absences are recorded and become part of the student’s permanent record regardless of the reason for the absences.
  • To graduate, students must complete all units and all courses of a program.
  • Students dismissed from the university due to attendance violations will receive a refund as described in the Financial Aid policy section of this catalog.
  • Students not returning after 14 consecutive days of absence (starting from the last date of attendance) will be dismissed.

Attendance Requirement for all Online Courses

Students participating in the university’s blended and online courses are expected to be in attendance in accordance with the syllabus as participation is essential to student learning and the assessment of the achievement of required outcomes. All blended and online courses require a set number of online academically related activities (ARAs) for each instructional week. ARAs designated as attendance ARAs are declared in the course outline.

A student’s failure to participate in the designated attendance ARA, such as contributing substantively to a discussion forum post, will result in an absence. Students not participating for 14 consecutive days of absence (starting from the last date of attendance) will be dismissed.