<p>Some people on this thread are confusing “hand-holding” with accountability. </p>
<p>My son goes to a very good LAC and he in fact described to me witnessing a Professor deftly handling a “missing student” situation. “Hey, anyone know where Joe is? No? Anyone have Joe’s number on their cell? (Student says yes.) Let me borrow your cell, would you? (Dials Joe.) Hey Joe, actually it’s not Bill, it’s Professor Jones. Yeah, you weren’t in class and we were worried about you. Everything okay? Oh it did? Yeah, alarm clocks are like that. So we’ll see you soon? Great.”</p>
<p>If that’s too big brotherly for you, as smallcollegesftw said, go somewhere the Professors and the school are too distracted or too cynical to care if you’re in class or not. And if you decide to go to a LAC anyway and your reason for not being in class is good enough, you shouldn’t fear being held accountable for not being there.</p>
<p>Is this part of the educational mission? You bet. Want to know what happens if you don’t show up at work one day? You can be damn sure you are going to get a call, except it’s going to be a lot less pleasant than the one from Professor Jones. Welcome to adulthood.</p>