Be it resolved, the University Senate requests the administration to make changing the PeopleSoft system a very high priority. The system must automatically prevent students from registering for courses which end and start too close together to permit students to arrive on time at their next class. No student shall be permitted to register for classes that overlap. Only under extenuating circumstances shall petitions for overrides for such conflicts be permitted, and shall require the signatures of all faculty members involved. The decision to approve or disapprove such a petition for override is entirely discretionary with each faculty member involved.
Late entrances are disruptive for other students and for the instructor.
Constant late entrance means the student always misses part of the class period. Inasmuch as SCEP believes that what happens in a class is important for the educational experience of students, it does not believe the University should permit students to enroll for classes for which they will always be late. SCEP understands that all students may, from time to time, be late for a class period, for a variety of legitimate reasons. What it finds objectionable, however, is that one or more students may consistently arrive late, often considerably after the class period has begun. Part of this policy has not been enforced.