Many OLLI courses are waitlisted. Instructors can help us manage this issue by understanding how we handle waitlists and by supporting our efforts to fairly manage them.

Here is how we manage waitlists:

• For any courses that are full, we maintain a list of waitlisted students, prioritized by date of registration.
• If a space opens in a waitlisted course, members are invited to register according to their position on the waitlist.
• Members invited to register have three days to enroll in the class. If they decline, or do not enroll within three days, we offer that spot to the next person on the waitlist.
• This process is repeated until the course is again full.  

Our instructors can help us manage this issue in the following ways: 

• Please be aware of how we handle waitlists outlined above.
• Please do not “admit” anyone who is on the waitlist for your course. This can only be done by the OLLI staff.
• Please do not permit unregistered members to attend your course, even on a one-time basis. Even though there appears to be room in your classroom, there may not be room in the parking lot!
• Please do not encourage waitlisted students to call the OLLI office with "creative solutions" (e.g., offering to carpool).  
• Please refer all student questions about waitlists to the OLLI office.

Please contact Chris McLeod (chris.mcleod@duke.edu) if you have questions regarding this issue. 

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