Chicago’s mayor, Richard M. Daley, has thrown his support behind a suggestion that the City Colleges of Chicago end its policy of admitting all applicants. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the mayor said on Tuesday that the city could no longer afford the $30-million cost of remedial courses for students unprepared for college-level work. Mr. Daley announced late last month that the colleges would lay off 225 “non-instructional” employees and eliminate 86 unfilled positions.
The newspaper said the idea of ending the open-door admissions policy for the 115,000-student system was put forth last week by the system’s new board chairman, Gery J. Chico, during a meeting with the newspaper’s editorial board.
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2 Responses to Mayor Favors Ending Open Admissions at City Colleges of Chicago
physicsprof - August 11, 2010 at 10:21 am
It is amazing that sometimes you find yourself agreeing with politicians as corrupt as Mayor Daley.
gplm2000 - August 12, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Daily: “…the city could no longer afford the $30-million cost of remedial courses for students unprepared for college-level work.” Sounds racist to me. Just think, now these students will be on the street drugging, mugging and killing.