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People at my state university would occasionally toss out the catchphrase "Ds get degrees!". It made me sad. I agree at minimum more people need to fail classes
by andrewflnr 5y ago
People at my state university would occasionally toss out the catchphrase "Ds get degrees!". It made me sad. I agree at minimum more people need to fail classes. If you want to be nice, counter by allowing more attempts.
- toss1 5y ago>>counter by allowing more attempts Excellent idea - retake any class once for nominal cost (and you've already got the textbooks).
- BirdPlusPlus 5y agoI like it but the proposal either needs to be more persuasive toward universities' limitations or those institutions need to be allowed to fail and be replaced with something more aligned with a university's mission. Generally, universities are insolvent, being propped up by infinite government-backed loans leveraged against students' future earnings. In turn faced with an endless supply of funding, they've become wastrels and signed up for too many bills which they must cover by incessantly demanding more funding from debtor students. The model created a feedback loop that most universities will find terminal once policy changes out of necessity. I'm afraid they will likely only hear "retake classes infinitely" as booting students severs revenue. Failing students however, makes that revenue renewable. Corruption is cancer both financially and morally.