I'm not arguing against your point that a college's decisions with respect to student retention are made in the interests of the school rather than the student.
However, you're ignoring the enormous pressure on institutions (especially the prestigious ones like Yale) to maintain a high 4-year graduation rate and a very low dropout rate. Most of these colleges will do absolutely anything in their power to keep students from dropping out, so I'd say her chances of being readmitted were very, very high.
I know because I went to one of these schools. Many of my peers were forced to take time off for reasons ranging from mental health to academic probation to disciplinary action. I know one student who was forced to take time off from my college for three separate semesters for three different incidents. The top-tier institutions give students an incredible number of second chances.
Which isn't to say this falls into the same category as someone who, say, did LSD, got naked and had a physical altercation with the town police.
My only point is this: saying a university perceives troubled students as liabilities is an enormous oversimplification of the factors that go into an administrative response to this kind of situation.
But I do agree universities generally act in their own interests.
However, you're ignoring the enormous pressure on institutions (especially the prestigious ones like Yale) to maintain a high 4-year graduation rate and a very low dropout rate. Most of these colleges will do absolutely anything in their power to keep students from dropping out, so I'd say her chances of being readmitted were very, very high.
I know because I went to one of these schools. Many of my peers were forced to take time off for reasons ranging from mental health to academic probation to disciplinary action. I know one student who was forced to take time off from my college for three separate semesters for three different incidents. The top-tier institutions give students an incredible number of second chances.
Which isn't to say this falls into the same category as someone who, say, did LSD, got naked and had a physical altercation with the town police.
My only point is this: saying a university perceives troubled students as liabilities is an enormous oversimplification of the factors that go into an administrative response to this kind of situation.
But I do agree universities generally act in their own interests.