Re: [MATHEDCC] graduation requirements

lillie crowley (lillie@POP.UKY.EDU)
Fri, 9 May 1997 08:24:16 -0400 (EDT)

Amen!! What with repeat options (that replace your old grade with your new
one), academic bankruptcy plans, etc., we're certainly giving our students
ample opportunity to mop up after themselves. It is going too far to lower
the minimum standard for graduation.

lillie

At 04:59 PM 5/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Why are we intent in our society on removing consequences of our actions?
>If a student does not meet the minimum standard for graduation, why must the
>standard be lowered?
>
>
>At 01:25 PM 5/8/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hi again,
>>
>>I am going to have a busy summer with the committes I signed up for, so I hope
>>you can help on this topic as well.
>>
>>We have been discussing a problem with the graduation requirement of a GPA of
>>2.0. A student with a C- average would not be able to graduate without
>>permission of the Academic Dean. We have been discussing changing the
>>requirement to 1.75. I have concerns about lowering requirements but I also
>>agree with the Dean that the students who have worked hard to overcome one bad
>>semester are caught by this requirement.
>>
>>Weighting the first semester would help many of these students, but if the
poor
>>grades come in one of the other three a weighting system would not help.
>>
>>Since a 2.0 seems to be the normal graduation requirement, does anyone
else run
>>into this problem? If so, what do you do?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Carol Lerch
>>
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