Who runns the school?

Question

I just read a news story about Galladet University being shut down by the students. They do not like the new President Jane Fernandes. The school is for the blind & the students say Ms. Fernandes is not blind enough because even though she was blind from birth she did not learn American Sign Langauge until she was 23. She will not take office until Jan.07. Some of the teachers are with the students protesting.Who runs the school, The ones who pay the bills or the ones who are there to learn.

Answer 1

You are confusing a major issue.
Gaulladet University is for the DEAF, not the blind. Someone who is blind could not read ASL unless they had their hands on the signer's hands, like Helen Keller was reputed to do.

One could argue that if the school is not meeting the needs of the students, it should not exist.
But I think that the students at GU often go too far in their demands, and this is a good example. They seem to be against anyone who is deaf and learns to speak, even if they were deaf from birth. I guess from their point of view such a person is "selling out" to the hearing community.