Comment by krageon
4 years ago
> Their graduates have zero culpability here
It's not about guilt, it's about trust. They were trained for years in an institution that violates trust as a matter of course. That makes them suspect and the judgement completely fair.
Lots of universities have had scandals. I could probably dig one up from your alma mater. They're big places with long histories. Collective punishment achieves little productive and should be avoided.
Its not about collective punishment. Universities sell reputation, both good and bad. It just so happens that they sold bad reputation.
Collective punishment is a clear and unilateral signal that something is extremely wrong and not within the punisher's power to unwind properly (or prevent in the future). Until it's clear that this university can be trusted, they should not be. I would feel the same about any schools that I attended, and I would not have issues with blanket bans for them either if this was the kind of activity they got up to.
> They were trained for years in an institution that violates trust as a matter of course.
"As a matter of course" is a big leap here.