On Apr 22, 2005, at 2:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a state land grant university supported by taxpayer dollars, the
University of Minnesota must make General College work or have some alternative for
poorly prepared Minnesota high school students with a Minneapolis high school
diploma. If General College is closed with no alternative, students will
flock to the downtown Minneapolis Community College.
They already do. In fact, MCTC (Minneapolis Community and Technical College) is the place where such students SHOULD go.
General College made sense back when the state's community and state colleges were not as well-developed — especially in the city. But MCTC's quality is a strong argument for shutting GC down. MCTC is a strong teaching institution where students can get their two-year degrees and, if they succeed academically and want to continue their education, go to the U for their last two years.
I'm sympathetic to the argument that some students need an on-ramp to a four-year degree, but I think MCTC is the better pathway than GC.
I hope we can back away from the vituperativeness; I don't think GC opponents are racist and no side is free of knee-jerk reactions.
David Brauer Kingfield U guy for all too many years in the '80s.
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