Although the student protests have subsided at Gallaudet University, the institution’s administration continues to face criticism. According to an article in today’s Washington Post, Gallaudet officials have drawn the ire of many faculty members and some parents for not enforcing higher academic standards and by pressuring professors to change the grades of some failing students.

The university has also fallen short of graduation-rate targets, according to a report by the federal Office of Management and Budget. Approximately 28 percent of Gallaudet students earn their undergraduate degrees in six years or less. In their defense, administrators say they have a particularly challenging task in educating a spectrum of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Furthermore, they say, they intend to take action to deal with current problems at the university.