Carroll University Q&A

07/19/2023

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My Carroll University Story:

I was a student at Carroll for a couple of years and, honestly, there were things I loved about the campus. It was a bit conservative for my taste, but I liked the activities and clubs and I quickly made some friends.
I had grown up in the foster care system and was lucky enough to start Carroll at 16 years old after graduating high school early. I lived on campus in the dorms and loved every minute of my freedom.
In my sophomore year, I was picked to be an RA and I was sooo excited. Unfortunately, shortly after the school year began, I was struggling with my mental health as I lost someone close to me and I decided to check myself into a mental health treatment center. While I was inpatient, the center received a call from Carroll University stating that a student had made a serious accusation about me which was completely false. I checked myself out early to go back to the school in order to clear up the mistake, only to be met with my ID card no longer having access to my dorm and public safety staff telling me to leave campus.
At this point, I was 18 and had aged out of the foster care system only a month prior. I had nowhere to go and no supports to turn to. I was allowed to come back a week later to take my belongings but I did not have a car or any way to transport my items so many of my belongings (literally everything I had to my name was in that dorm) were forfeited to Carroll as I could not transport them.
Carroll claims to have systems in place for investigating situations and issuing discipline that fits the issue, but I never had that chance. There was absolutely no evidence of what I was being accused of and yet I was never given due process through the school. Nobody even talked to me about the accusation other than public safety as I was escorted off campus. I was homeless for months after Carroll forced me to withdraw.
A couple years later, I was attempting to get myself back enrolled in a different school. In order to do so, I needed my transcripts from Carroll. I was informed that in order to receive the transcript, I first needed to pay nearly $3000 in fees associated with withdrawing from the classes I'd been in. Classes that I never chose to withdraw from in the first place. I'm still trying to get my life back together several years later because Carroll set me back so far in my plans and aspirations.
I'm not sure what I hope to accomplish by sharing this other than to make sure you know this can happen to you too. Carroll University does not care about their students, especially q***r students and those with mental illnesses. I do feel as though I was discriminated against at Carroll and hope this never happens to anyone else.

Q&A strives to raise awareness and eliminate ignorance and prejudice at Carroll University

12/14/2021

Carroll does not do enough for their minority students. A club here or there and one or two staff of color just for diversity's sake is not enough

11/19/2019

Hoping that Carroll sees this and takes suggestions into consideration-

1. First year students are required to take an anthropology course which is supposed to challenge their ideas and the way that they think about diversity. Many of these classes don't spend any real amounts of time discussing minority groups and acceptance in our current social system, but if they want to build a community of students who are accepting of people who are "different", they need to be taught to do so. Incorporating this into curriculum for ALL students throughout their education is important.

2. Instead of having a couple of minority staff/professors who take on the majority of the weight of helping students in diverse groups, ALL staff should have sensitivity and diversity training that they are tested on. Failing to meet criteria should have a direct impact on the employees.

3. DO NOT PUNISH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. People struggling with mental health concerns may not be the easiest to "handle", especially if these concerns are pervasive and not simply homesickness or a breakup. Having more complex mental health concerns may leave the therapists out of their depth. Still, these students are often vulnerable and are seeking health and guidance. Using police/public safety to force students to leave campus, pulling students out of class and making them use the Walter Young Center, and penalizing students who are seeking accommodations is unacceptable.

4. Hire more diverse staff. As has been a recent hot topic lately, it is true that representation matters. Having the ability to communicate with people who look like you and can relate to you is important. This means hiring people of color, those who are openly opposed to the religion followed by the institution, and people with disabilities, not only people in the LGBT community.

5. Make Carroll accessible to students with physical disabilities. Most of Carroll's entrances are not easily wheelchair accessible, and many buildings do not have an elevator. Without the ability to fully navigate the campus, people with these disabilities are excluded from campus-hosted activities and are overlooked until accommodations become available.

***Don't get me wrong, this is nowhere near a comprehensive list of the things that Carroll should be changing, but if they worked towards these goals then maybe the campus would be a more diverse and inclusive environment for everyone***

10/28/2019

IMPORTANT: please refer to the last post on this page!!

09/26/2019

Carroll University doesn't care about their students, especially students of color and lgbt+ students.

02/26/2018

12/13/2017

Good luck on to finals everyone and have a wonderful holiday.

12/12/2017