Someone was griping about bad college instructors the other day...their entire class maintains the majority of test-questions were never discussed. Supposedly little of what they prepared for appeared on the last 3 tests. Someone said a college got in trouble over a similar situation? Seems to me it would be hard to prove/win a case like that! Sadly colleges can get away w/ a lot...
2007-05-02 16:03:43 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Did the college sign a contract that every student would get an A?
2007-05-02 17:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm...not sure "passing" is synonymous w/ getting an "A"... a "B" or a "C" would do in most schools, but I understand the point. Regardless, I think the argument can be made there's a responsibility to demonstrate reasonable efforts be made to enlighten students...payment for services rendered...were they, in-fact "rendered" if an accredited institution provides less-effective instructors? Maybe I'm biased...
More than once in college it was apparent the school took my money w/ no interest in ensuring I received instruction worth the fee. We had to complain & (more than once) a teacher was replaced. I remember pursuing my comp-sci degree…the Dean telling us how the COBOL teacher was an ex COBOL-programmer, & would be able to give instruction/advice based on “real-world” experience…well, he was a GREAT COBOL programmer, and the WORST teacher I ever had…that’s because he was an ex-programmer, NOT a teacher, in much the same way that an ex-nurse or ex-CPA is NOT always a “teacher”. Teaching is more than demonstrating understanding or familiarity with a topic…it’s about successfully disseminating that info to students…if the instruction is predicated on “lessons” from an ex-(nurse/engineer/CPA/etc), rather than a “teacher”, students should question what they're paying for! Otherwise it's like the line in Good WIll Hunting "...you dropped 150 grand on a f***in' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library!..." We all know 15 people can read a passage and have 15 different interpretations of that passage…with student-loans based on grades should students be tested on reading-material not reviewed in class? Schools should expect thier “programs” to pass extreme scrutiny of the efficiency of their methods!
2007-05-03 20:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by dante L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has actually been tried before, but nobody ever wins a lawsuit like that. Colleges are usually immune under state laws.
2007-05-02 23:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Carl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋