The University has recognized students as adults, leaving the students ultimately responsible for what and how their parents will be told. First-year students are given the opportunity to develop an adult relationship with their parents on their own. Drake will no longer meddle in the parent-student relationship, which allows student freedom in educational choices. This also gives first-year students the opportunity to make a bad situation better before parents are involved. Drake has given them the chance to improve their academics and also the chance to take charge of their lives.
Students have the choice to include parents in their educational experience.
Drake has recognized that holding a student's hand through higher education and constantly involving parents with or without the consent of the student does not produce adults. Students mature when they have realized that mom and dad can't always save the day. As they begin to understand that poor grades hurt themselves more than their parents, they have a chance to make college a useful tool for their future. The opinions in the above are written by the staff members of The Times-Delphic. Editorials reflect the instutional opinion of the newspaper based on current staff opinions and the newspaper's traditions.