Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Education, Higher; College dropouts -- United States; College student records -- United States;
Abstract
A college degree is a virtual necessity in today's world. More and more employers are looking for individuals who have completed at least two years of postsecondary education at a community college or elsewhere, or who hold a bachelor's degree. What happens to those individuals who attended college in the past but had a poor academic record? A poor choice of major selection, previous academic probation or suspension, or the need for time to mature socially and/or intellectually are but a few of the reasons why some students will need extra semesters to achieve an acceptable grade point average in order to graduate (Browne, 1986). For these students, "academic bankruptcy" may be their answer to a successful educational experience. According to Browne (1986), "academic bankruptcy simply means that a student's past failures are forgiven so that he [or she] might re-enter college with a clean slate" (p. 90).
Year of Submission
1996
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
First Advisor
Florence Guido-DiBrito
Date Original
1996
Object Description
1 PDF file (17 leaves)
Copyright
©1996 Gail Marie Jones
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jones, Gail Marie, "Academic bankruptcy policies in higher education" (1996). Graduate Research Papers. 2643.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2643
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