I'm obviously out of the mainstream here but I give NGs all the time. To me, flunking a student is serious business and if they've missed an exam and would have a decent chance of passing with a make up, and have contacted me to schedule the make-up, I'll give the NG. If the student hasn't contacted me I'll sometimes just give an F because that will cause the student to contact me ASAP. Sometimes if they see an NG (no grade/incomplete) they assume it will stay that way so they get lackadaisical. They don't realize that BGs automatically become Fs 10 weeks into the next semester.
Ed
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Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D.
Dept. of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Office: Peoples Building Room 44
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