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Uni offers ‘seriously failing’ students second chance to pass

Sydney Morning Herald – Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT – 0

Students at Charles Sturt who score as low as 40 per cent in a subject will be given a second chance to pass in a strategy to stop students from dropping out. Academics, however, fear it will compromise standards.

The School of Social Work and Arts, which also teaches students from the education faculty, told staff on Wednesday about a new trial to allow those who finish a subject with a mark of between 40 and 49 to sit another assessment within 10 days.

The aim was “to improve the retention and success of our students”, the Head of School, Sally Totman, wrote.

However, several academics have raised concerns that the university is lowering standards to keep fee-paying students. In an email to Totman, one questioned whether universities were still places of learning and teaching or had become businesses chasing money.

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