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Dates: during 2001-2001
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Professors can and should give students certain exceptions from academic requirements. Even when a student’s absence is in some way voluntary??€”observing a religious holiday, going home after a death in the family—we allow exceptions on the argument that these commitments are too important for students to be asked to compromise them. But these exceptions are neutral and valueless; we don’t allow professors to give Jews exceptions but not Catholics. Exceptions based on one’s commitment to the living wage, however, would not be neutral?...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Let Them Fail | 5/1/2001 | See Source »

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