Syracuse University: Education Student Expelled over Facebook Comments
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Syracuse University
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Syracuse University's School of Education effectively expelled a graduate student from its teaching program after he complained on Facebook about a racially charged comment made in his presence by a community leader that student teachers were coming from Syracuse rather than historically black colleges. Matthew Werenczak was required to undergo a special course of diversity training and counseling for "anger management" just to earn a chance of readmission. Just hours after ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ took the case public on January 18, 2012, Syracuse readmitted Werenczak but blamed its actions on the standards of its accreditor, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).