{"id":2400,"date":"2026-01-18T15:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/?page_id=2400"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:29:09","slug":"personal-and-academic-leaves-of-absence-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/ss\/personal-and-academic-leaves-of-absence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaves of Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students may take a leave of absence or withdraw voluntarily from the college at any time by meeting with the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dsevigny@bates.eud\">Director of Student Support Services<\/a>. There are a variety of reasons a student may choose to take a leave or to withdraw from the college. If you are considering one of these options, we encourage you to meet with the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dsevigny@bates.edu\">Director of Student Support Services<\/a>&nbsp;early on to begin a conversation regarding your options and to be sure you have enough time to plan accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"pageChildren\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-56\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/ss\/personal-and-academic-leaves-of-absence-2\/medical-leave-policy\/\">Medical Leave Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-24\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/accessible-education-student-support\/ss\/personal-and-academic-leaves-of-absence-2\/personal-and-academic-leaves-of-absence\/\">Personal and Academic Leaves of Absence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained 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