Can professors drop students this late into the semester?

audreh
Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:16:47 +0000

Basically, this fall semester began in late August at my college, so I’m 3 months into a 4 month semester. I’m taking a course that only meets twice a week, and in this past month I’ve missed a few classes due to my job, but I’ve always gotten notes from my classmates and have not missed a single test or quiz.
This morning I logged onto my school’s website and discovered that my class was dropped from my schedule, and I received a W. I was never emailed about the drop which I would think is a little strange if it was the professor’s doing. Also, I wouldn’t have thought that a professor could “withdraw” you from a class, since I always assumed withdrawals are meant to be voluntary.
Since the admissions office is closed I have to wait until tomorrow to figure out what’s going on, so for now I’m just posting on here to see what the chances are that my professor actually dropped me and (hopefully) ease my nerves a bit.