Syracuse University’s academic drop deadline for classes is much earlier this spring than it has been in past semesters.

Students have until 5 p.m. Tuesday to drop classes. Tuesday is also the financial drop deadline.

The new academic drop deadline date is five weeks earlier than it has been previously. Individual courses dropped after Tuesday will appear on a student’s transcript as withdrawals.

Under rules that had previously been in place at SU, students had until the ninth Monday of the semester to initiate a leave of absence. Students who initiated leaves of absences after the financial deadline but before the academic drop deadline had that semester’s courses wiped from their transcripts, even though the courses should have appeared as withdrawals under federal law.

In interviews with The Daily Orange last fall, experts said the previous drop deadline used by SU was not in compliance with federal guidelines.