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Parents share many years of homework,
school projects and car-pooling with their students. You
provide emotional and financial support and in return expect
to be able to find out about your student’s academic progress.
However, once your student enters college there are new rules
concerning grades and transcripts.
FERPA policy requires that in order
for academic records to be given to anyone other than the
student, the student must give specific written permission to
the University for this information to be released. Please
contact the records manager in the Registrar’s office about
this policy.
If you want to know how your student
is doing in a class, just ask them!
Generally if a student wants to know
his or her grades, there are a few things they can do:
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Keep track of any grades or
test scores that are earned in a course during the
semester. Using these scores and course syllabi,
estimate a grade. This should give them a good idea of
what to expect for a final grade. When a student tells
you that they have no idea how they are doing in a class
you should suggest to them that they visit with the
instructor or their academic advisor. |
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If a student is unsure of how
a grade is determined for a particular class, tell them
to visit with the instructor early in the semester and
to ask what the grading policy is. |
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Some professors will post
final grades after final exams. Ask them if grades will
be posted and when. Friendly advice: Don’t go to an
Instructor’s office while they are grading exams. This
will only slow the process down. |
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Final grades can be viewed by
accessing the Web for Students section of the McNeese
website,
webreg.mcneese.edu,
approximately two or three days after the instructor
deadline for submitting final grades to the Office of
the Registrar. A student who requires an official report
of grades may request an official transcript from the
Office of the Registrar. Final grade reports will not be
mailed to students. |
Many Freshmen seem surprised when
they find out how much more intense college course work is
when compared to high school work. Just as surprising to them
is the fact that their grades can be directly affected by
class attendance So… we have included class attendance
regulations below.
A new mandatory grade policy is now in place.
Click here to go to the
policy.
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