No-Show Policy

Students who do not participate in class sessions during the first week of an academic term will be reported as no-shows. Instructors will submit those students' names to the to the Office of Registration and Records by the deadline identified on the website.

Students should consider the following to avoid being submitted as a no-show:

• Students taking face-to-face, web-enhanced, and hybrid courses must attend one class session during the first five days of the semester. Otherwise, instructors must report those students as no shows.
• Students taking distance education courses must log onto the online instructional system within the first five days of the start of the academic term and complete the specified academic assignment(s) as directed by the course instructor. Otherwise, instructors will report students as no shows.
• Students taking self-directed/individualized instruction courses must meet with their instructors during the first five days of the academic term to finalize class schedules. Otherwise, instructors must report those students as no shows.

Logging in to or accessing course content in Blackboard, with no other activity or completion of assignments consistent with participation criteria, should not be deemed as sufficient history to designate a student as participating in a course.

The Director of Registration and Records removes no-show students from their classes, and instructors do not allow students to begin attending classes during the second or subsequent weeks of the academic term. The college refunds 100 percent of the tuition students paid for the courses in which instructors reported them as no shows. However, students reported as no shows in one or more, classes will be ineligible for refunds if the credit hours of their remaining classes total 15 hours or more. Students will only receive a refund of fees if reported as a no-show for all courses for the semester. The Financial Aid Office will not award aid benefits for courses in which instructors report students as no shows.

Students who feel as though they were wrongly removed as a no-show can contact the course instructor via their @student.athenstech.edu email account to see if the instructor will approve a no-show reinstatement. If the instructor approves, the instructor will ensure that Registration and Records is notified of the no-show reinstatement.

This policy does not apply to those students who have completed specified academic assignment(s) that support participation. Those students must complete the formal withdrawal process as outlined in the Withdrawing from Classes policy or risk earning grades of F for the courses.