The university’s early warning system, in place to make students aware of bad academic performance before midterms, is not being used by all Loyola professors, which is causing some university officials to rethink the program.

“Responsiveness of faculty has been reduced probably for a couple of reasons. We’re not very prescriptive in what we’re asking,” said Edward J. Kvet, provost and vice president for academic affairs. Kvet said that many instructors do not even know about the system.

Just like many instructors, some students, like business freshman Kevin Abanilla are unaware it exists. “I’ve never heard of it. It would be helpful. I think it’d be better if the professor contacted the students. Once a teacher talked to me, I did better in my psychology class,” Abanilla said.

Marcus Kondkar, representative of the University Senate in the Standing Council for Academic Planning and Sociology instructor, suggested that merging the early warning system with the mid-term grade posting on the Loyola online records access site would encourage instructors to use the system. “It could be done as a default with the midterm grade instead of making it a whole separate process,” Kondkar said.

However, the downside would be that students would not know of their bad academic performance until midterms, leaving them with less time to improve their grade, according to Layna Chui, accounting and finance senior. “Students shouldn’t feel it’s a point where they can’t go back,” Chui said.

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