Frequently Asked Questions

Data from Wilmington University and other colleges around the country shows that students who miss the first two class meetings have a lower chance of success. The policy is effective Fall 2012 to help students who may be falling behind early in the course.

An administrative drop is completed by the Registrar’s Office when an instructor indicates that a student did not attend the first two class meetings. The course is removed from the student’s schedule and the student will no longer have access to course materials in myWilmU and Blackboard.

Instructors are required to submit attendance records after each class meeting.

The Office of the Registrar will notify you by e-mail to your student myWilmU e-mail account when you have been administratively dropped from a course. Please be sure you are regularly checking your student e-mail account by logging onto myWilmU or using your e-mail software for your computer or mobile device.

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You will only be dropped from the class or classes in which instructor(s) have indicated that you missed the first two class meetings.

You are not financially responsible for the tuition, but you are responsible for application and registration fees. Only your tuition will be refunded.

The drop may affect your financial aid, especially if you drop below full-time or half-time status. If you are dropped, you should contact Financial Aid to better understand the impact.

For online courses, students will be marked absent if they do not participate in assigned activities. If this is the case for the first two weeks as identified by the instructor, the student will be administratively dropped.

Students are dropped if they miss the first two class meetings, regardless of the format.

You will not be administratively dropped. Remember attendance is one of the keys to academic success so your grade may be negatively impacted.

You will only be dropped from the course if you miss the first two consecutive class meetings. However, missing class meetings can have a negative effect on your learning and grade.

After being dropped because of non-attendance at the first two class meetings, you can call the Office of the Registrar at (302) 356-4636 and express your intent to remain in the class. The Office of the Registrar will review your request with your faculty member to determine whether or not you may be re-enrolled for the course. We want to make sure that you are able to be successful in the course after missing a few class meetings.

If you add a class late, you will be marked absent for the week that you missed; even if that class met before you registered.

Instructors should input attendance on myWilmU. View the tutorial video.

Attendance should be submitted no later than three days of each class meeting.

Student attendance is a predictor of academic success. Tracking attendance helps the University look for patterns in the hope of developing initiatives to help students succeed. The success of the policy of administratively dropping students who miss the first two class sessions is reliant on faculty participation. Attendance submission is also a federal requirement for the disbursement of student aid.

In accordance with University policy, students who miss the first two class meetings should be marked as absent. In extreme circumstances, an instructor may mark the student as excused to prevent him or her from being dropped.

If the student misses a class because he or she added it late, that student should be marked absent for the week.

In light of the Cyber day policy, attendance can be submitted for the given week based on online assignments.

Yes. The office of the registrar will notify you by e-mail to your Wilmington University faculty e-mail account. See Faculty & Staff Email for more information about your faculty e-mail account.

Students will be administratively dropped if they do not attend the first two sessions of a course. This is the first two meetings regardless of course format. For online courses, students should be marked absent if they do not log on and/or participate in assigned activities.

Still log onto the myWilmU portal and submit your attendance. This lets the University know that you are actively participating in attendance tracking and it ensures that students’ financial aid will be disbursed. Failure to submit attendance will prevent students from receiving federal aid for the course.