are professors not required to check in on students?

[Anonymous]

This is what Life 360 is for. If you want to track your student and don't think they'll tell you if they are going to class or not, you can keep tabs on them.

It's not the professor's job or the college's. They offer an education and many extra services. They aren't a personal concierge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:are professors not required to check in on students if they skip class?

My DS stopped attending a class and not one email or phone call from the professor.

I rarely went to class my first year of college. I only started going to the smaller classes in later years.

[Anonymous]

No, OP. Your kid is now considered an adult. If your kid doesn't show up for class, then he or she misses the class and has to deal with the ramifications.

No one is going to call you.

Is this a troll post? This can't be real?

[Anonymous]

Prof here.

Most universities have something called (or similar to) a CARE system. If a faculty member has a concern about a student, they file a report and the university assesses the situation and takes action as necessary.

However, a kid who doesn't show up for class would almost never rise to the level of a CARE report because it is incredibly common. I regularly look out to my class on the day of the first midterm and don't recognize a handful of students who skipped just about every class up til that one. I also have students who intend to drop the class, but nothing is in the official books for a long time. So students missing from class isn't at all unusual enough to warrant a report.

So the CARE report is more for situations where a student is acting erratically. Or perhaps if a faculty member knew a student well enough to know this behavior was uncharacteristic. Or perhaps you see a student crying in class and then they stop showing up. But even when kids are in crisis, they are unlikely to behave in a way that draws the attention of a professor in front of a class.

Incidentally, the CARE report is available to everyone. If a roommate, friend, teammate, or anyone else has a concern, they file a report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what Life 360 is for. If you want to track your student and don't think they'll tell you if they are going to class or not, you can keep tabs on them.

It's not the professor's job or the college's. They offer an education and many extra services. They aren't a personal concierge.

OMG, land the helicopter and stop monitoring your young adult down to the eyelash. My gosh. Life 360 is stalker-ish behavior. Let your kid have a life outside of you.

[Anonymous]

It is a big problem. I had a room mate in college who NEVER went to class and flunked out.

He lied all the time to his very nice dad. My roommate would tell his dad that things were improving and he was doing better right up to the time he flunked out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a big problem. I had a room mate in college who NEVER went to class and flunked out.

He lied all the time to his very nice dad. My roommate would tell his dad that things were improving and he was doing better right up to the time he flunked out.

Natural consequences. Kid skipped class and failed out. You think the professor should have intervened? Some of you people are flat out nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, OP. Your kid is now considered an adult. If your kid doesn't show up for class, then he or she misses the class and has to deal with the ramifications.

No one is going to call you.

Is this a troll post? This can't be real?

I think it’s a troll post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s even more pathetic if an employee doesn’t show up to work we check the welfare can’t imagine just ignoring someone in your community going missing and nobody cares.

That’s because you’re costing your employer money!! They hired you to do a job, so if you vanish of course they’re going to track you down. Usually companies are divided into departments and teams with managers so people are actually missed.

Classes in college are large and students are treated like adults and if they miss it’s their prerogative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At LACs, professors do this sometimes.

This was me back in the day. I thought I failed the second exam for Calc 2 and didn’t show up the whole week. At my tiny LAC, my Calc 2 prof showed to my dorm room to check in. Her son was also in my dorm so she knew where I lived. This is one of reasons my kids will attend LAC over public flagships.

[Anonymous]

Who the f—k would expect a professor with hundreds of students to check on every kid who skips class

[Anonymous]

At some LACs they will contact you to ask if you need help if you fall behind by one even HW assignment (happened to my DD this year.)

[Anonymous]

I went to a LAC and a professor once reached out when I missed three classes in a row. They would never reach out to parents though, there are laws around that. I would never expect this though as most schools, so if your kids struggles with mental illness, I recommend LACs. More people will check in on you - i.e. you can actually meet with your advisor more than just for scheduling your classes. You have to be your own advocate at most universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:are professors not required to check in on students if they skip class?

My DS stopped attending a class and not one email or phone call from the professor.

No. College is something you pay for and it’s a choice to “consume” it or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what Life 360 is for. If you want to track your student and don't think they'll tell you if they are going to class or not, you can keep tabs on them.

It's not the professor's job or the college's. They offer an education and many extra services. They aren't a personal concierge.

OMG, land the helicopter and stop monitoring your young adult down to the eyelash. My gosh. Life 360 is stalker-ish behavior. Let your kid have a life outside of you.

If kid is paying this makes sense. If parent is paying for college they have a right to see how their investment is performing. Should they be following 24/7 no but random checking to see if kid is going to class is prudent.