"BC college instructors say they feel pressure to pass international students"

"A group of college instructors in British Columbia has begun to publicly criticize what they feel is an increasing pressure to pass international students in their courses. Vancouver Sun contributor Douglas Todd reports that in addition to the pressure from their institutions, professors also regularly encounter "foreign students' emotion-filled emails and in-office appeals, often issued in jumbled English, [which aim] to cajole faculty at Langara College and other institutions into giving them a break." Langara College Provost Ian Humphreys, however, insists that "there is no pressure on faculty to pass students who are not yet achieving learning outcomes."

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