Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community.
A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
“We know we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic,” said James L. DeBoy, chairman of Lincoln’s department of health, physical education and recreation. “We have an obligation to address this head on, knowing full well there’s going to be some fallout.”
Is it ok for a University for which a student has PAID tuition to attend, deny a student a right to their degree because of their weight. Presently, this is causing an uproar on the campus because the first graduating senior class eligible under this mandate are being told that they cannot get their degrees because they have not met the requirements…taking a class to reduce their weight and actually dropping pounds. WOW
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