University Student Sues School for a "C" grade

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This is the norm these days, the parents pay $40k a year and expect their kids to graduate while playing xbox. "Higher" education has been sold out on both sides of the spectrum. The bar is lowered so that the money keeps rolling in, and education is being treated more like a business every year. Consumers want the paper they paid for, or else.

I have to ask, where do you get your information?

"The bar is lowered so that the money keeps rolling in"?

That's not what I see within the California State University system. Demand for a college education is up and many majors are "impacted" which means there's more demand than there are openings. When that occurs, the bar is raised as students with higher qualifications take priority.

A few quotes from universities within the CSU system ...

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At this time, Cal Poly Pomona is experiencing increased demand across all levels, but the increase is most dramatic with entering freshmen. The campus anticipates that the increased freshmen demand will exceed our capacity to offer a quality education to our students. Therefore, be advised that even though you may submit an application to an impacted major and identify an alternate major, we may not be able to accommodate you in that alternate major. Please keep in mind when applying to an impacted major. http://dsa.csupomona.edu/admissions/...d_programs.asp Transfer AA/AS degree recipients: The Transfer AA/AS degree curriculum is used in lieu of the specific course requirements listed, as well as any additional recommended preparation. Under current CSU guidelines, the cumulative GPA will be increased by 0.1 and this ?calculated GPA? will be applied to the major specific minimum GPA and to any GPA used in the ranking of applicants. See Transfer AA/AS degree for additional requirements. http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollmen...transfers.html

The university that I work in has long been viewed as a "safety school" ... one willing to admit anybody who wanted to attend. This year we set a new record for freshman applicants, and a number of our majors became impacted as well. Those hoping to attend those majors will find the bar has been raised instead of lowered as you suggest.

And as for your suggestion that education is being treated more like a business every year, that is because for the past decade or so the state has consistently cut funding, forcing the schools to adopt more business-like models in order to stay in operation.

As you seem to support smaller government and the free market, I would think that you'd be behind that change.

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