MELA Minutes 2020-2021

early? Each college has their own policies on how withdrawals are handled. If a student is withdrawn after this published date, is there any harm to the other schools? The date published was created for audit purposes and is the 75% date. If a college withdraws their own student from their own course, they are free to use their colleges withdrawal date. Dr. LeBrun researched the origin of the published date and it does not seem to be directly tied to the audit but was created for continuity purposes for the 15 community colleges. The need to have the 75% mark may not still exist. However, there is some value at having a standard date for each institution. There is no state statute that dictates the 75%- mark date. Tish Stewart stated that if the consortium would like to look at changing this date, the Admin committee would be willing do this. Dr. Wilhite is going to create an assignment in the MELA canvas course for each institution to enter their withdrawal process. The admin committee can then use this information to review the policy for the group and the impact.

VIII. Future Meeting: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 9:00am via Zoom

Adjournment: 10:11 am

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