Hate to beat a dead horse but there is another pair of reasons - not normally
stated but which are probable more important than all of this.
If a university offers freshman college level courses to seniors in high
school and that student does well then the college will say that that student
was advanced or gifted.
If on the other hand the university offers junior, senior, or graduate course
to a freshman high school students and that student does well then there is a
major problem with accreditation. For an Ivy league college this is a small
problem as the university will then say that person is a genesis but for a
comunity college to do this on a regular bases then there is a major problem
with lifting of accreditation.
Then there is the problem that if the CC does it for one then they must do it
for all or else the CC is guilty of discrimination.
Loss of accreditation generally takes 5 years to re obtain and in the meantime
no student that attended that CC gain the use those credits at any
university.
The bottom line thus becomes no - not at this college.
Frank
On Tuesday 06 August 2002 18:26, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 04:37:00PM -0400, Brother Timothy wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > I ask you guy's what harm is there in my spending $200 for my kid to sit
> > in a classroom and learn something about Unix? If he can't pass the
> > course, who is harmed? And finally, is this the way things are done
> > around here all of the time?
> >
> > Joe Ryan
>
> This is a lesson in two things: bureaucracy and economics. The economics
> comes in where there is this limited resource and possibly greater
> demand than supply. Thus, rationing takes over. Only college students.
> Okay, maybe some high school students, but they have to turn cartwheels.
> Etc. Is this rational? Depends on how pent up the demand is. In this
> case, I doubt it. The bureaucracy comes in where "this is the way we
> always do it, and I'm too chicken to stick my neck out and make an
> exception." In 66 years, you've seen this before.
>
> Are things different here than in Alaska? Most likely. From what I
> understand, Alaskans have a greater sense of community and commonality.
> Every other Alaskan is, to some extent, a kindred spirit, living as they
> do at the top of the world. And I imagine they're more willing to make
> exceptions and look at people on their merits. Down here in the lower
> 48, we're less connected with each other. The guy next door turns out to
> be a serial rapist, and we're surprised because we never really got to
> know him. Of course, never having been to Alaska, I could be way off
> base. I had a friend who lived up there, and this is kinda what I got
> from him.
>
> I think most would agree that your son got a raw deal. Me, I would have
> had you sign a waiver (just to CYA) that if your son turned out to be a
> dismal student who dragged down the class, he would be history. Then
> he'd be free to attend.
>
> Paul
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