To the Editor:
Your story on the common pleas court ruling on Case Western Reserve University’s decision not to admit a blind student to the School of Medicine (“Case Western U. Told to Admit Blind Woman to Its Medical School,” January 5) did not fully report the university’s position.
Case Western Reserve is confident that the decision of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission’s chief hearing examiner, who found that Cheryl Ann Fischer was not otherwise qualified to complete the requirements of the CWRU School of Medicine curriculum, will be reinstated on appeal. CWRU is disappointed that the judge did not consider the decision of the U.S. Department of Education, which found no discrimination or violation of the law in the medical school’s decision not to admit Ms. Fischer. The university was also anticipating the court to address the circumstances under which the Ohio Civil Rights Commission found that Wright State University and Ohio State University properly denied Ms. Fischer admission to their medical schools. The court’s opinion did not include any discussion of the paradox in which two public universities can deny admission, but a private university may not.
We're sorry. Something went wrong.
We are unable to fully display the content of this page.
The most likely cause of this is a content blocker on your computer or network.
Please allow access to our site, and then refresh this page. You may then be asked to log in, create an account if you don't already have one, or subscribe.
If you continue to experience issues, please contact us at 202-466-1032 or help@chronicle.com