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Remediation and Dismissal Policies in Counselor Education: Lessons Learned from a Challenge in Federal Court
Author(s) -
McAdams Charles R.,
Foster Victoria A.,
Ward Thomas J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2007.tb00026.x
Subject(s) - dismissal , scrutiny , lawsuit , psychology , dilemma , law , jury , strengths and weaknesses , political science , duty , public relations , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology
Counselor educators today are faced with a difficult dilemma. They are mandated to dismiss students they judged to be unfit and irremediable, yet they risk legal action whenever executing a student dismissal decision. Their duty to protect the public must be weighed against the liabilities of costly litigation to institutions, programs, and themselves. This article describes 1 counselor education program's decision to dismiss a student and endure a lengthy, although unsuccessful, lawsuit and jury trial in federal court. The strengths and weaknesses of the program's remediation and dismissal protocol are examined as they emerged under court scrutiny.