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Topic Old/current policy Actual practice if differs from policy Suggested new policy and practice Rationale for c hange Late start and form/proce ss There was no real policy or process – students who wanted to take courses had to complete the cumbersome late drop/add process, that technically, required hardship documentation and had to be completed within 2 weeks of start of term – even though the course in question still had registration open. except the deadline is violated constantly for legitimate reasons. Establish a late start registration and adjustment policy and form that allows students to easily register for latestart courses (those that begin in October/March) that have availability and/or to drop those same courses within the appropriate drop/add periods Establish and better communicate that the drop/add periods for latestart courses differ from courses. Need formal form so stud don’t unnec complete lat class that ha Eliminate co need for mul Working to t start registr online but in manual proc type is need Also need to anyone goin notifies Aid packaged/a with the pro credits process and ents and staff essarily e add form for a s not yet begun nfusion and tiple signatures ry to put late- ation process the meantime, ess of some ed. ensure that g through this so that they are djusted correctly per number of
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