Editing Herzing Issues: Proctoring and Testing (section)

=== HU-034c: Student C was threatened with an incomplete and dropped next-semester enrollment over the institution's own technical failure ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:14em" | Severity
| High
! style="width:14em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Arbitrary Academic Action: Threat to Drop Next-Semester Enrollment Over Institution's Technical Failure
! Date added
| 2026-05-04 (split 2026-06-06)
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Program Chair / Course Faculty
|}
'''Finding.''' A course professor notified Student C that if the issue was not resolved by Wednesday he would take an incomplete and all of his next-semester classes would be dropped, a consequence imposed for the institution's own IT failure (GroupMe, April 19, 2026).

'''Evidence.''' By April 19, a course professor told Student C that if the matter was unresolved by Wednesday he would take an incomplete and his next-semester classes would be dropped.

'''Reported statement.''' Student C reported that if the issue was not resolved by Wednesday they would have to take an incomplete and all of their next semester classes would be dropped.

'''Standards.''' Arbitrary and capricious academic action; due process in higher education (Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education, 294 F.2d 150 (5th Cir. 1961)). Lead: {{HU|HU-034}}. Compare {{HU|HU-052}} (IT tickets closed without resolution), {{HU|HU-061}} (course lockout).

'''Impact.''' Threatened loss of subsequent-semester enrollment as a consequence of an institutional technical failure the student did not cause.

'''Notes.''' Sub-issue of {{HU|HU-034}} (lead). Split 2026-06-06.

Student: Student C (MSN-DE DEC 2026 cohort); documented by the reporting student.

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