A revised attendance policy, proposed by the Student Affairs Committee, will not be voted on this semester at either of the two remaining faculty meetings.
If it is passed in the fall, the policy would be included in the college catalogue for the academic year 2008-2009.
The first meeting in May is a business meeting; the second is set aside for the approval of honors and end-of-the-year committee reports.
"It's clear that there won't be enough time for the policy to have the full discussion it needs so we have decided to postpone until the fall," said Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster, a member of the committee, in an e-mail to the Orient.
Foster noted that business of this kind is rarely discussed in the May faculty meetings.
The revised policy requires that professors make attendance regulations, including required lectures, evening exams, film screenings, field trips, and other required events, clear before the add/drop deadline.
While faculty can strongly recommend that students go to an event that comes up later in the semester, they cannot require it. Students are, however, held responsible for everything laid out in the syllabus.
The current policy will be included in the college catalogue for next fall.