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The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

WSU has about 32,000 students across the whole system, so administrators want instructors to tailor their attendance policies to each class.

Instructors to continue to set own attendance guidelines, provost says

CALLIE GERBER, Evergreen reporter January 20, 2022

WSU administration is continuing with the current class attendance guidelines outlined in academic regulation 72, which states that instructors decide their own absence policy.   As an accredited...

In the world of online classes, Zoom attendance policies have to take into consideration students lives.

OPINION: Zoom attendance policies need to be reworked

GRACE LAPIERRE September 16, 2020

Some classes have strict attendance policies. Others couldn't care less as long as you do your work, and some are happy on the middle ground — strongly recommending you show up but not penalizing you...

WSU students are grown adults and should be allowed to miss classes if they need to.

OPINION: Attendance policies do not serve students

SARAH DANIELS June 17, 2020

Since I began attending WSU in fall 2016, I’ve changed my degree five times and within each program I've been apart of — business, music, education, social sciences and philosophy – I’ve encountered...

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