It seems we all need a college education, even if it is not an education that we can use? A letter response to the Evansville Courier from a state university professor was critical of Governor Pence for wanting four year colleges to graduate students in four-years. The professor is from a school which has a four-year graduation rate 8.3 percent, which is among the lowest in the country.
It seems also that many in the education fields believe that if you construct enough buildings, rooms, and purchase enough chairs that someone will come,– even if it’s just to sit in one of the chairs, ala, California style. This professor states that his school offers the students an opportunity to rise even if they are unprepared for the college level. The professor states that, “yes” his college could improve their graduation rate by denying academically unqualified students admission. However, this professor believes that everyone is eligible and eventually will get a diploma. As a taxpayer and former employer of many of these students, I believe this is a discredit to all of the qualified students at this college, those who were qualified and passed the rigid requirements for their diplomas. The necessity of social justice should not be in the relaxing of college requirements.
As a taxpayer, I thought education was what our state colleges were all about!
As long as the college is not giving passing grades to those who have not earned it, I see no problem with accepting all that wish to enroll. It appears by their 8.3% 4-year graduation rate that they are failing students who do not do the work. It appears that everyone at this college has a opportunity to attend, but passing and graduationg is a privilege you earn not a right you are entitled to.
Those numbers are awfully low. My question is this, “Don’t we have any minimum standards anymore that prevent students who had poor attendance/grades in High School from attending State Colleges on State/Federal money?!? That is the real question here. Not whether or not we should, but rather the return on investment that we are getting.
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This letter sounds much like the saga of the ex Whirlpool employees and IVY Tech. In truth IVY Tech mobilized quickly to capture the government dollars available to be captured for retraining of people who lost their jobs due to NAFDA.
These employees were basically used as pawns to get government money into the coffers of IVY Tech and the graduation rate is so low that it is an embarrassment. Whatever, let the buyer beware.
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