By James W. Brock, Miami University Faculty Member
It is unconscionable for Miami to admit so many international students whose English-language skills are so poor that they have no chance of legitimately passing courses and earning a degree.
It is unacceptable that in doing so, other students are closed out of classes because those international students are enrolled in them with no hope of passing, nor do other students benefit from the in-class contributions those students are not able to make.
It is unacceptable for faculty, who can't teach English to these students, nor conduct our classes in their native language.
It is unconscionable and unacceptable for all our students - international and domestic alike - to pay so much to attend Miami and be put in this situation.
Most unfortunately, it is regrettable that Miami's inability to screen out students with such poor English-language ability - and, instead, to enroll even larger numbers of them - reinforces the worst racial stereotypes once they are here, while supporting those who suspect Miami's financial motive is masked by sham claims of diversity.