<p>What “disability situation”?</p>
<p>I see gaming in other ways. I have tutored kids at a state university who are barely literate. The school gets the Pell grant and state grant for the one or two years the student attends, with no chance whatsoever of passing the required writing proficiency exam at the end of sophomore year, let alone graduating. Many of my tutees made amazing progress, or simply had not yet learned enough English, but there were several who, it seemed to me, were being hurt (exploited?), not helped, by access to college. One was a mother of 6 who made huge sacrifices to go to school, but honestly could barely write at a 3rd grade level.Yet she was admitted, and the whole time, I suspected that her attendance somehow meant money for the school. The real answer would have been for the child care assistant jobs that this student wanted so very badly, NOT to require a college degree, for heaven’s sake.</p>
<p>More recently I have looked into various “adult learner” programs. These programs, even at somewhat reputable campus colleges, seem to have very low admissions selectivity and their online courses use adjunct professors who must teach 100 students and probably work at McDonald’s to make ends meet. I am not going to name names but the teaching quality is abysmal and the level of student discussion even worse. These schools are marketing getting a degree that won’t really help employability without ability. Again, the colleges get Pell grants and state grants, pay adjuncts a bare minimum, and make money, I suspect.</p>
<p>These “adult learner” programs market and pursue students like crazy. That cannot be altruism. And the money they seek depends on the cultural pressure to “get a degree” and “have better career opportunities” rather than quality. The whole thing is exploitative. I think people should have a right to NOT go to college and still get a job.</p>