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More evidence of a massive waste of taxpayers money. And now Chicago State University is the butt of jokes, as if it wasn't already.
449 students during 2008-2009, who should have been dismissed for poor academic performance based on university policy, received state financial aid given to needy students.
Of those students, 106 had a grade point average of 0.0 and still received financial aid from the taxpayer-funded Monetary Award Program, known as MAP.
So 449 failing students were kept enrolled during the 2008-2009 school year just so Chicago State University could keep getting taxpayer subsidied for their tuition, and a whopping 106 of those failing students carried a 0.0 GPA, which obviously meaans they were not even attending classes, yet we taxpayers were paying our money to Chicago State to pay for their costs. Chicago State's own policy is that-
students with a grade-point average below 1.8 will be dismissed ???for poor scholarship,??? but records obtained by the Tribune show students were allowed to continue registering for classes with GPAs as low as 0.0. Students also can be dismissed with a cumulative GPA of below 2.0 after two semesters or more.
What a travesty. Who would want to send their kid to that school? How much value does a diploma from Chicago State have? I wonder how long this practice has been going on, and does it happen routinely at other state schools?
449 students during 2008-2009, who should have been dismissed for poor academic performance based on university policy, received state financial aid given to needy students.
Of those students, 106 had a grade point average of 0.0 and still received financial aid from the taxpayer-funded Monetary Award Program, known as MAP.
So 449 failing students were kept enrolled during the 2008-2009 school year just so Chicago State University could keep getting taxpayer subsidied for their tuition, and a whopping 106 of those failing students carried a 0.0 GPA, which obviously meaans they were not even attending classes, yet we taxpayers were paying our money to Chicago State to pay for their costs. Chicago State's own policy is that-
students with a grade-point average below 1.8 will be dismissed ???for poor scholarship,??? but records obtained by the Tribune show students were allowed to continue registering for classes with GPAs as low as 0.0. Students also can be dismissed with a cumulative GPA of below 2.0 after two semesters or more.
What a travesty. Who would want to send their kid to that school? How much value does a diploma from Chicago State have? I wonder how long this practice has been going on, and does it happen routinely at other state schools?