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I am not a student. My son is and I pay his tuition. This semester, Fall 2014, the college removed any Add/Drop period from registration. This means that from the moment classes start, you are stuck with your schedule, courses, professors, etc. From day one you already lose 50% of your tuition payment if you decide to drop a class. So make certain that before you even step foot inside your classroom you are fine with professors you haven't met, a schedule you haven't experienced, and a syllabus you've never read.

Now this may seem at face value a good policy. Some studies apparently show that forcing a student into a class they've registered for, and disallowing 'late registration' leads to greater success. However, what success? Success that the student completed the course? Well wouldn't you if you couldn't change your schedule and would lose 50% of already exorbitant tuition you've paid? It's like saying enslaving someone results in better workplace attendance.

Note, this is a new policy for UCC. Given that it's not the norm at other colleges and that it is likely to result in much difficulty for some students, you'd think it would have been a major announcement on their website, facebook page, a letter sent to the student's address, etc. etc. In questioning where it's mentioned I have discovered that it is in the 'steps to becoming a student' (which no current student would read) and the academic calendar. Yes, students who have registered in March are supposed to note a massive policy change on the academic calendar that takes place in September- a policy change that affects them before they even report to the first day of classes.

I'm not sure who decided this policy was a good one. But it has resulted in our family paying thousands of dollars for now unneeded courses for our child's new major. He will be sitting through accounting, business, etc when his new major is elementary education.

How is this student centered? How is this encouraging student success? Keep the tuition if the school is so desperate for cash! But not allowing students to alter their schedule for the first week of classes? Preposterous. Making such a huge change and not spreading the news far and wide? ...

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