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Should colleges penalize military reservists who are called up for duty?
Reservists sure don’t think so, and they’re petitioning in Colorado Springs to make sure that a necessary deployment doesn’t mean an end to their college career.
A year ago, Jessica Cramer was pulled away from class at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to assist victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
When she returned from New Orleans more than two weeks later, a couple of instructors took an unsympathetic view of her departure, she said, even though she went as a member of the Colorado Air National Guard. Her grade in communications dropped from an A to a B, due to a combination of poor attendance and difficulty making up a test.
Reservists who are called away could lose their financial aid and other government assistance if they can’t keep up with academics.
There are also efforts in Denver and Boulder:
Student government leaders at CU’s Boulder and Denver campuses are not collecting signatures, but they hope to pursue the issue with CU regents and President Hank Brown.
The student group at UCCS had collected 750 signatures as of Wednesday and is aiming for at least 3,000 by the end of September.
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