Seeing the World...for a Price
Goucher College has decided that effective next year all students will be required to spend three weeks abroad. I have read the story twice, and have still yet to determine what the utility of this concept is.
What is absurd is the fact that they are requiring students to spend three weeks abroad, and only giving them $1,200 in assistance for the purpose. Just getting to a foreign destination could cost the majority of that stipend. And what about those students who already need financial aid? Will they be given any assistance in any manner?
Goucher is a private institution, and can do what it wants as far as graduation requirements goes. But it is still a strange idea. And given the fact that a portion of the $420,000 will come from the school's operating budget, I certainly hope that state funds given to the school through the Sellinger Fund are not directly going towards this project.
What is absurd is the fact that they are requiring students to spend three weeks abroad, and only giving them $1,200 in assistance for the purpose. Just getting to a foreign destination could cost the majority of that stipend. And what about those students who already need financial aid? Will they be given any assistance in any manner?
Goucher is a private institution, and can do what it wants as far as graduation requirements goes. But it is still a strange idea. And given the fact that a portion of the $420,000 will come from the school's operating budget, I certainly hope that state funds given to the school through the Sellinger Fund are not directly going towards this project.
posted by Brian Griffiths at 7:10 PM
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