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Thursday, February 22, 2007
CNN: Gallaudet Accreditation at Risk
Not the first time this has benn mentioned, but here's another story on ongoing problems at Gallaudet that raise questions about the institution's future (recent improvements have been noted). The primary factor that usually gets tossed out? The low graduation rate. The story says it is consistently below 50%. I think recent numbers are around 40% (but don't quote me on that).
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This is kind of a big deal. There are boatloads of schools trying to get accredited, but can't because of their low graduation rates.
This is also kind of sad...I think having a university in the neighborhood could be a huge benefit, but it's not.
Gallaudet should tighten up its admission standards - its an institution of higher learning, not a dumping ground for every deaf kid whose parents want him or her to go to college. Some people are not a good fit for higher ed or aren't ready.
From my experience with the kids on my block (granted this is a broad statement), a lot of them have no interest whatsoever in their education and are having a never-ending party on their parents' dime, while the rest of us deal with their noise and trash. I fail to see what good the school is accomplishing (other than raking in money) by admitting, retaining, and failing to graduate so many students.
hard truth....
the same crap goes on at georgetown, GW, etc.
but.... they probably tone it down a bit, because most of the partymongers can actually hear.
i'm not trying to be offensive.
deaf people need to feel vibrations in order to 'hear' music.
anyway, that's university life everywhere.
where the heck did you go to school, if you did?
The point of my previous post is that I'm not happy that the school in our neighborhood is performing at such a low level - and while I'm sure some of this can be laid at the feet of the school's instructors, I think at least as much is caused by the quality of students they admit. As I said before, some people are not prepared for higher ed, and I'm sure the school spends a lot of time and money on remedial courses in an effort to get kids up to speed, which detracts from its actual purpose as a university.
This bothers me both as a neighbor and as a taxpayer whose money supports an institution that appears to be failing at its mission.
I'm not sure why you chose to focus on my comment about the noise rather than the primary focus of my post, but yes, I do understand why they turn their music up so loud and that a lot of college spend their time partying.
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