Umpqua Community College: Nursing Student Expelled for Imaginative Discussion Post
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Umpqua Community College
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In February 2021, UCC nursing student Kaylyn Willis responded to an online discussion assignment prompting students to use their 鈥渃ritical imagining鈥 to reflect on patients with chronic illness losing their support systems. Willis鈥 response, imagining a scenario in which an individual with ALS shot and killed her husband, resulted in her expulsion from the program, citing her insensitivity to a 2015 shooting at UCC. On August 16, FIREwrote to UCC arguing that punishing Willis for her post was unconstitutional and calling for her readmittance. On September 1, UCC responded, refusing to rescind Willis鈥 removal from the program.