The University implemented an updated policy last week concerning students in the National Guard or in the Reserves that may be called into active duty.
"The policy allows the student, in consultation with the dean's office of the school in which the student is enrolled and the Office of the University Registrar, to withdraw from the University or to take grades of incomplete at the time of the call-up," according to a memorandum from Leonard Sandridge, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Vice President and Provost Gene Block.
Sandridge and Block sent the statement to University vice presidents, deans, directors and department chairs on Tuesday.
The document states that "in the case of withdrawal from the University, the policy provides for a more liberal refund of tuition and fees than the standard policy currently allows."
The University's original active duty in the military policy was established in 1990 due to issues in the Persian Gulf.
"Since the policy is 11 years old it was necessary to review it and determine if it is still current," said Susan Harris, assistant to the executive vice president and chief operating officer. "We do not expect the policy to affect a large number of students."
University Registrar Carol Stanley voiced similar sentiments.
"Policies are reviewed when certain initiatives or actions take place where the policy needs to be most lenient and compassionate towards students," Stanley said.
According to the memorandum, Sandridge and Block made the initial decision to update the policy with the intention of providing "schools, and the students who are in the Reserves or National Guard, advance notice of how cases will be handled by the University should the students be called to active duty."
Thus far, only one or two full-time University students have been called to active duty, Harris said.
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