Classroom Attendance

Students should contact their instructors directly to discuss all absences.

If a student is unable to contact their professors due to inpatient hospitalization or incapacitation, the Auburn Cares office can assist a student by contacting the Associate Dean of the student’s college and requesting that the student’s professors be notified of their absence. For notification to be sent, the Auburn Cares office must be notified of the incident by the impacted student, parent, or guardian.

The Auburn Cares office does not provide class excuses for absences. Please keep in mind that notification of a student’s Associate Dean, and subsequently their professors, by the Auburn Cares office regarding an absence is not an “excused absence.” The notification provided by the Auburn Cares office on the student’s behalf explains the circumstances surrounding an absence (illness, injury, death in family, personal emergency, etc.) and requests that the instructor work with the student to complete missed course work if appropriate. Depending on the reason for the absence, professors have the right to accept or reject the notification.

Further guidance regarding classroom attendance can be found here: Auburn University’s Policy on Class Attendance.