Word: withdrawing
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Council members said they were concerned that struggling students whose performance does not technically require them to withdraw or be placed on probation are not receiving the attention they need...
...minimum standard requires that students earn at least one satisfactory grade (C- or better) and do not fail more than one class during each semester. Students not meeting this requirement are forced to withdraw...
Probation is a real punishment. According to page 16 of the 1996-97 Administrative Board's user guide for students, "A student on probation must pay special attention to his or her conduct and coursework, since the Board will act more severely (require to withdraw) on further infractions or failures." This indicates that if I continue to freely write "Prank Files," I will be kicked out of Harvard. The Ad Board sends a letter home to your family saying that it voted to place you on disciplinary probation. Moreover, probation goes on your permanent academic record. Any time a future...
...page 26 of the Ad Board user's guide, the disciplinary cases by type and action are enumerated. The "types" listed are broad to say the least. According to the chart, a student can be required to withdraw for "inappropriate social behavior." Apparently this is the rubric my "crime" falls under. But who is to define what is "socially acceptable behavior"? Where and how are the boundaries drawn for what is "socially acceptable"? De facto, the Administration retains the right to punish anyone as it sees fit. The Administration makes great use of its power to punish students for "inappropriate...
...trying to cope with this mishmash of stimuli, people could react in two ways. They could throw up their hands and withdraw even further into their own interests. Or they could turn once again to traditional news outlets, which help put the chaos in some kind of intelligent order. Just how all this will play out--for our understanding of the world around us, for our sense of community, and for the future of journalistic enterprises like the one you're reading--will be one of the big stories of the next decade. It might even make the evening news...