“…There is no universal best practice for creating or implementing policies around late work. Previous papers have supported the notion of flexible deadlines supporting a caring classroom environment (Barnett & Cho, 2023;Kruger et al, 2022;Robinson et al, 2023). It is important to note that when discussing flexible deadlines, it does not mean "no deadlines," or a lack of consequences for not handing work in by the end of the semester.…”