W deadline permanently changed
August 31, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
CUNY’s deadline to students for dropping courses has long been the 10th week of classes. The deadline has just been permanently extended to the last day of classes:
From: José Luis Cruz <JoseLuis.Cruz@cuny.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 8:03 AM
Subject: Announcement: Permanent Extension of Deadline to Withdraw from Classes
Dear Presidents, Provosts, Chief Student Affairs Officers, and Chief Enrollment Managers:
As you know, in Spring 2020, we extended the deadline to withdraw (W grade) officially from a class from the original date of April 1st, 2020 until the end of regular classes to provide additional flexibility to students.
An analysis of Spring 2020 class withdrawals show that students benefited from this flexibility and that withdrawal rates were lower than in previous semesters. Furthermore, the number of retroactive withdrawal extension appeals decreased. This resulted in a reduced number of reported WU (Unofficial Withdrawals) grades which in turn 1) reduced reporting workloads associated to the recalculation of students financial aid information as these grades are treated as F’s in a student’s academic record and 2) reduced administrative work to reverse WU grades to W grades as a result of retroactive grade appeals from students.
Today, I write to inform you that based on the information above and after consulting with the Academic Policy Committee and the University Faculty Senate, we will permanently extend the date of the last day to withdraw from a class to the last day of classes for a particular semester. This information will be updated in the University’s Academic Calendar: www.cuny.edu/calendar .
As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
All the best,
JL
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José Luis Cruz, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost
The City University of New York
Dennis Slavin, PhD
Associate Provost and Assistant Vice President
Baruch College, CUNY
dennis.slavin@baruch.cuny.edu
https://provost.baruch.cuny.edu/about-us/leadership/