Comments on: Why Do We Care?

By: testing_the_truth

testing_the_truth — Wed, 24 May 2006 13:00:31 +0000

That is an aweful consequence of babying down education by leaders who do not have a shot about managing a university’s academic life. The job market sensed a degradation of outcoming Gallaudet graduates. It is too bad, because once the reputation is gone, it cannot be rebuilt overnight…

By: testing_the_truth

testing_the_truth — Wed, 24 May 2006 12:56:44 +0000

What I heard of it is no good. A Gally degree makes the employers think twice before hiring the holder. Why is that? No reputation?

By: Dim Sum

Dim Sum — Thu, 04 May 2006 23:55:58 +0000

Quite the irony… easy for Gallaudet students to take consortium classes but hard for other consortium college students to take classes at Gallaudet. So messed up– talk about reciprocity!

By: RKR

RKR — Thu, 04 May 2006 23:53:02 +0000

As usual you are on the money Julie. If you lose this one, you’ll lose the Provost position which may actually mean more to the academic side of the university and to the success of Gallaudet graduates than the presidency. But students and the Deaf Community hurt themselves by limiting the university’s reach through exclusionary practices. Why is everyone afraid to compete with a hearing candidate? Talk about homogenizing your pool of candidates: Looking for a University President of Exceptional Stature; Only Deaf May Apply.

By: BefDef

BefDef — Thu, 04 May 2006 22:18:52 +0000

Yeah, how’s the job market for new Gallaudet graduates?

By: mcconnell

mcconnell — Thu, 04 May 2006 21:51:10 +0000

Hard to get into? It was easy for me back then (1988-1991). Gally was just a stepping stone to get my master’s at Univ. of Idaho, and eventually a PhD acceptance at Univ. of Md.

By: Dim Sum

Dim Sum — Thu, 04 May 2006 20:15:22 +0000

And get toilet paper for a diploma when you graduate? No thanks. It’s hard enough getting into classes through the consortium. Gallaudet totally made it difficult for me to take Deaf Psychology classes while I was a student in a consortium college. I got enough grants and scholarships from my consortium college so the tuition cost didn’t matter either way.

By: mcconnell

mcconnell — Thu, 04 May 2006 20:10:35 +0000

the key is, take consortium classes and pay gally’s tuitions and not the university’s. This way, you have more challenging classes. That’s what I did at GWU. Although the Honors Program at the time was a joke. I bailed out of that after a year and focused on consortium classes.

By: Dim Sum

Dim Sum — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:58:41 +0000

That statement about Gallaudet University makes me sick. If it leads the world in education why does it have such low admissions standards. Gallaudet needs to raise the bar and expect more from its students. If Gallaudet wants to lead the Deaf community, it needs to convince the world that a majority its students will graduate into educated leaders and pave the way for many others. I did not choose to go to Gallaudet because it was so easy to get in and there was no allure at all.

By: mcconnell

mcconnell — Thu, 04 May 2006 18:27:38 +0000

Oh, and do all that (hold JKF’s feet to the fire), they can certainly come out on top and save face.