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H. Dennis Beaver, Esq.

Final Exam vs Family Vacation: What's a Professor to Do When Students Demand an Exception to a Hard and Fast Rule for a 'Capricious' Reason?

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Under what circumstances should university students be allowed to take their final exams before the scheduled date or after? Could a professor who denies a request get into trouble if a student complains?

"Ada" teaches history at a major West Coast university. She phoned our office, worried that two of her students in an online course were going to file a grievance against her.

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