Low Enrollment Courses Clause Samples
The Low Enrollment Courses clause establishes the policy and procedures for handling courses that do not meet a minimum required number of enrolled students. Typically, this clause allows an educational institution to cancel, reschedule, or combine such courses if enrollment falls below a specified threshold, often notifying affected students and staff in advance. Its core practical function is to ensure efficient allocation of resources and maintain academic quality by preventing the operation of underpopulated classes.
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Low Enrollment Courses.
A. In some cases, it may be necessary to offer and teach classes that will have low enrollments. Classes of three (3) to nine (9) students may be assigned and taught at a "low enrollment rate" determined as follows: Number of Students Percent of Base Pay 3 65% 4 70% 5 75% 6 80% 7 85% 8 90% 9 95%
B. Official enrollment for the purpose of determining whether a course is to be taught on a low enrollment basis shall be the larger of
1. the last working day before the beginning of classes or 2. enrollment at the end of the Add/Drop period.
C. Implementation of the provisions for low enrollment classes shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. When a faculty member’s load contains a total of fifteen (15) or more regular, equated, and low enrollment hours, no additional low enrollment classes will be assigned without the faculty member’s permission.
2. Not more than two low enrollment classes may be assigned per semester without the faculty member’s permission.
3. Low enrollment course assignments shall be made no later than one working day before classes begin and, when required under this paragraph, the faculty member’s permission to assign a low enrollment class shall be obtained in writing on or before that date.
D. Courses that have restricted enrollment of 11 or fewer students due to federal, state, College, or accreditation restrictions will be calculated at full enrollment.
Low Enrollment Courses. The Employer reserves the right to cancel any low enrollment course and require the Academic Head, in consultation with the employee affected, to reassign workload to bring the employee up to the annual workload for the year.