Benedict College's Policy
Recently, my English professor brought to the attention of the class an article written about Benedict College's Success Equals Effort policy. As a class, we discussed the policy and what advantages or disadvantages it may have. I took it upon myself to delve deeper into the policy, and after much consideration, I find myself asking is Benedict College's SEE policy really for the benefit of the students or the college's pocketbook? The Benedict Institute first opened its doors in 1870, in Columbia, South Carolina, and was established to educate recently emancipated African-Americans. In 1894, the South Carolina Legislature chartered the Institute as a liberal arts college, and the name was changed to Benedict College. According to the college's website, http://www.benedict.edu, in 2002, enrollment was 3,005. This is credited to strategic planning process geared to increase enrollment. Compared to other small colleges in South Carolina, such as Winthrop University, Francis Marion University, and Coastal Carolina University1, enrollment is still below average. The fact that Benedict College is a historically African-American college
Swinton's policy has no ethic value in my opinion. I might know more thoroughly the subject matter taught, scoring above average on all exams and assignments. I concede that not every student at Benedict will take advantage of the SEE policy, but I imagine as a college freshman, more will abuse it than will not. The college has been actively trying to increase enrollment over the years, and I believe, the SEE policy is a way to increase that enrollment. As a college freshman, I believe that this completely degrades the value of the degrees offered at Benedict College. To me, Benedict College is reinforcing South Carolina's poor education system, not helping it. It cheapens the college degree and all that goes with it. Why wouldn't freshman, away from home for the first time, want to go to a college where they don't have to study or work? But in increasing enrollment, and increasing the college's pocketbook, you are decreasing the value of an education. They are increasing the profits of the college, but decreasing the morals of the college. However, by making academics second to just showing up to class, is he not reinforcing the same problem? I try to attend every class because I want to be there to learn. They are undermining the value of a college education and the hard work that earns it. , that doesn't actively recruit other ethnic groups, is taken into consideration, but one could see why the small college would want more students. Swinton, president of Benedict College, argues that the policy helps struggling freshman a chance to succeed since South Carolina's elementary and secondary education so poorly prepares them for college. The Success Equals Effort policy is a 60-40 formula for calculating freshman grades. In my opinion the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools should revoke accreditations to schools that do such, and not allow this trend to begin.
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