What happens if a student can or doesn fulfill a service commitment?
Students are required to complete their service commitments. If they know they will miss a commitment, they are expected to give advance notice to a staff member at their community organization, and to reschedule if appropriate. If a student’s absence is chronic, we ask the community partner to contact the Professor or other designated NU contact with whom they are working. The faculty of the course should then decide whether or not the student can complete the course altogether because if implement properly, the service-learning component should not be seen as an add on that the student can “work around.” Instead, the service should be fully imbedded in the expected learning outcomes therefore preventing a student from “opting out.” The organization will decide whether or not the student can continue in accordance with their service. An organization should never be asked to accommodate a student they would prefer not to work with in order for the student to fulfill his/her course requ
