[nabs-l] Advice needed

[Kaiti Shelton]

Dropping a person from a program only makes sense if the health
problem involved would impact that course though.  It sounds like
although it was an issue before it isn't now, so I do not see dropping
her from the program as right.

I think Michael is right in his assessment of options.  I think your
advisor is overstepping his bounds here, and that if the dean has no
problem with you taking the course and it won't be an issue for you,
then you could use the dean as an ally here.  I also think that if
this course is something you're passionate about you should take it,
but if the battle is more trouble than it is worth you might want to
consider whether or not you want a battle on your hands since the
course isn't needed for you to meet graduation requirements.

But, it would be helpful to know what this course is.

On 12/22/14, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi bridget,
>
> Can you give us some more information about what this course is
> and exactly what happened?  Without knowing exactly why you were
> dropped from the program and what you can and cannot take it's
> difficult to give useful advice.  Being dropped from a program
> for a health problem would be entirely reasonable as long as the
> problem is permanent and prevents you from doing what you have to
> do to complete the program, but if it's for some other reason,
> then that's of course ridiculous.  As others have said, what your
> adviser says is irrelevant because you can take whatever courses
> you want unless you're talking about a departmental advisor, who
> does have the authority to remove you from a program.  If this
> persists, you should go up the chain of authority.  First talk to
> the advisor again and see if you can straiten things out.  If
> that doesn't work, go to the department chair, and if that
> doesn't work, go to the dean.  Whatever you do don't start off by
> going straight to the provost or president; that just makes you
> look like a trouble maker who isn't smart enough to use proper
> procedures.  You might end up talking to the upper levels of the
> administration, but make sure you've gone through all the lower
> levels first.
>
> Best,
> Karl
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bridget Walker via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: "nabs-l at nfbnet.org" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:50:54 -0500
> Subject: [nabs-l] Advice needed
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> What would you do if you had a medical situation come up which
> prevented you from completing a course. You did not start the
> course and it would not prevent you from graduating. You have the
> opportunity to take the course in the spring but, your adviser
> believes you do not want to even though you have told them
> repeatedly you want to. They dropped you from the program and
> said you can't take courses from that selection anymore only
> because of a health problem.
> The dean has no problem with it. What is your next move?
> I know this is worded weird but, come on I started having
> neurological issues which prevented me from doing excessive
> amounts of work.
> I have to fix this ASAP. Any advice is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Bridget
>
> Sent from my iPad
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Kaiti