Editing Herzing Issues: Workload and Student Communication (section)

=== HU-096c: Students failed within the first three days of a class with no missing assignments, described by students as a weed-out structure ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:12em" | Severity
| High
! style="width:12em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Early Course Failure / Weed-Out Concern
! Date added
| 2026-05-05 (split 2026-06-06)
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Program Chair / Academic Affairs
|}
'''Finding.''' Per the tracker's evidence, students reported being failed within the first three days of a class with no missing assignments, and characterized the Clinical I structure as designed to weed out students.

'''Evidence.''' Anonymous member 787 (July 10, 2025); Anonymous member 732 (July 10, 2025) confirming several people were failed in the first three days with no missing assignments; Anonymous member 137 (July 9, 2025) characterizing Clinical I as made to weed out students. (Source Group: Facebook Group Export (Volume 7).)

'''Reported statement.''' Anonymous members reported that several people were failed from a class within the first three days with no missing assignments at all, and one described the Clinical I semester as structured to weed out students.

'''Standards.''' ACEN Standard 4 (fair and transparent academic standards); 34 C.F.R. 668.71-75 (misrepresentation, if the structure is designed to reduce enrollment rather than promote learning). Lead: {{HU|HU-096}}. See {{HU|HU-087}} (attrition), {{HU|HU-095}} (two-fail dismissal).

'''Impact.''' Failing students within three days for reasons unrelated to missing assignments, if part of a weed-out structure, contributes to documented high attrition and significant financial losses.

'''Notes.''' Sub-issue of {{HU|HU-096}} (lead). Split 2026-06-06.

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