Student Management

In an immediate student crisis situation at any time, day or night, a university crisis manager is available to assist and can be paged via the Cornell Police at (607) 255-1111.

In addition to the academic counseling and advising available to Cornell undergraduates through the colleges and schools, staff members in the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions (SCE) office provide counseling and/or advising to students enrolled in SCE administered courses year-round.

Academic concern

If you are concerned about a student’s academic success, please submit an academic concern form (NetID required) to let us know.

Concern for well-being/students in distress

If you have concern for a student’s health, safety, or well-being, or would like to report a concerning incident, please send an email to sce_supportteam@cornell.edu.

Faculty, graduate student lecturers, and TAs can play an effective role in noticing, approaching, and/or referring students in distress. If you are aware of a student in distress—for example, a student dealing with illness or hospitalization, a family emergency, or any situation in which the health or well-being of the student is in jeopardy—please utilize these reporting tools or reach out to an office directly.

More information about how to notice and respond to a student in distress is available from Cornell Health.

Contacts

• SCE Registrar: (607) 255-4987
• SCE Associate Dean for Administration, Ben Balkaya: (607) 255-6210

After hours and emergencies

• Cornell University Public Safety Dispatch: (607) 255-1111 or 911
• Cornell Health After-Hours (ProtoCall) 24/7 mental health professionals: (607) 255- 5155 (#4)

If you feel that a student requires other advising, refer them to the SCE office directly, or, contact the office to determine how to proceed. The SCE registrar is available to answer questions: (607) 255-4987.

Class rosters are available through the Faculty Center. There are options for a combined class roster, which includes co-meeting and cross-listed classes, as well as a combined class roster with student photos.

As indicated in the appointment contract, faculty who have classes “on demand” should verify and note mid-session enrollment, as it determines salary.

The class roster includes the names of students who enrolled for your course. On the first day of class, check the names of those in attendance against your enrollment list and inform any students who have not already done so that they must complete their enrollment with the SCE office by

• The second day of class for the Three-Week Summer or Winter Session
• The third day of class for the Eight- or Six-Week Summer Session

Students who have not officially enrolled by that day will be required to petition to be allowed to do so.

It is essential that all students attending classes officially enroll and pay tuition, regardless of whether they wish to take a course for credit or for audit. Please do not permit any student to attend who has not officially enrolled. It is unfair to students who have paid tuition to allow others who have neither registered nor paid tuition to attend class. In addition, the university and the faculty member can be placed at liability risk by an unregistered student. To verify a student’s official registration and enrollment, please contact SCE at cusce@cornell.edu or call the SCE office, (607) 255-4987.

Please do not manually enroll students into a Canvas course. Once students are officially enrolled, they will have Canvas access.

Learn more about Canvas.

The Cornell University School of Continuing Education (SCE) operates primarily on student tuition revenues. Therefore, it is essential that all students attending classes officially register and pay tuition, regardless of whether they wish to take a course for credit or for audit.

Please do not permit any student to attend who has not officially registered. It is unfair to students who have paid tuition to allow others who have neither registered nor paid tuition to attend class.

In addition, the University and the faculty member can be placed at liability risk by an unregistered student. To verify a student’s official registration, you may call the School office at (607) 255-4987.

Late registration, changes in registration, or withdrawal from a course must be made by the student using the online add/drop/change form or via petition if the deadlines to make changes have passed.

Cornell students who have been suspended or expelled from their school or college may not register for Summer/Winter Session without the permission of the dean or senior associate dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.

Summer/Winter Session operates on an open admission basis. Therefore, it is not possible to screen academic backgrounds to ensure that students have the prerequisites for these courses. If your course has a prerequisite, in addition to indicating it in the course-description notations, you may wish to ask students on the first day of class if they have met prerequisites. You may determine at that time whether all students will be permitted to attend your class.

Late registration

When students have been granted permission to register late, it is their responsibility to make up any class work that has been missed. Admission to class after the registration deadline is subject to the approval of both the instructor and the School petitions committee.

Changes in registration

In many cases the following changes in registration must be made by the student in person at the SCE office using the online add/drop/change form or via petition if the deadlines to make changes have passed:

• Dropping a course
• Adding a course
• Changing from one course to another
• Changing the number of credit hours
• Changing the grade option

Only the SCE Registrar may authorize changes in registration. No changes in registration will be permitted after the deadline, except for reasons beyond the student’s control.

Make-up of incompletes

Students who are registering to make up an incomplete must have your signature on the Make-up Incomplete Registration form. They will not appear on your class list and will not count as part of your enrollment.

Withdrawals

Students may withdraw from Summer/Winter Session at any time prior to the deadline; withdrawals after the deadline will result in a grade of W. To withdraw, the student must submit a petition, which will be reviewed by the SCE Petitions Committee. Notifying the instructor of intention to withdraw is not sufficient and failing to submit a petition to withdraw will result in a grade of F or U on the student’s transcript.

Auditors

Cornell undergraduates are not permitted to audit. A graduate or special student who prefers to audit a course must officially register for the class and pay the same tuition as if registering for credit. Regular attendance is expected. Grade options for auditing students are only “V” or “INC”. Audited classes and their associated grade appear on the student’s official transcript.

Instructor guidelines regarding student absences

If a student in your class is absent for three days or more, it is important that you, the instructor, contact the SCE Registrar at (607) 255-4987. The Registrar may have further information about the student—for example, that the student dropped the course—or be able to follow up directly with the student. See also Advising.

Cornell SCE and the office of Student Disability Services ask that you include an accommodation statement in your syllabus informing students about SDS and conveying your approachability.

For the text of this statement, see the SDS syllabus statement page.

In addition, see the SDS faculty and staff page for resources on teaching students with disabilities.