Culver-Stockton College — Attraction in Canton

I would not recommend this program to anyone seriously pursuing a master’s degree in education—especially if you expect adequate advising, mental health support, or basic transparency.

From the start, I was misled about the course load expectations. I only realized much later that I’d been enrolled in half the required number of classes each term, delaying my progress significantly. When I raised concerns, I was met with defensiveness and finger-pointing instead of ownership or help.

Despite reaching out multiple times about personal struggles—including tech issues accessing assignments and a close family member actively dying—I was essentially told “policies are policies,” and if I needed emotional support, to “talk to the counselor.” I wasn’t asking for a handout. I was asking for basic human decency, which this program seems to lack entirely.

This experience has left me emotionally drained and questioning whether this program was ever invested in my success at all. In grad school, I was told they “expected me not to need guidance,” which is ironic given how much I had to chase basic answers.

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Post-Appeal Update

After submitting a formal appeal explaining that I had just lost my grandmother and was grieving while still trying to complete coursework, Culver-Stockton still upheld my suspension.

I’ve attached screenshots of the actual suspension letter and appeal denial for anyone who thinks I’m exaggerating. They acknowledged her passing in writing but said I “had not established a sufficiently strong case” to overturn the suspension. Let that sink in.

They claim below to have “reached out to me directly,” but no one has. I waited—gave them the benefit of the doubt. Still nothing.

If this is how they handle student support after a public review, imagine what they do (or don’t do) when no one’s looking.

This review reflects only the graduate education program, not the college as a whole. But if this is how they treat graduate students in crisis, I can’t stay silent. Others deserve to know before investing their time, money, and emotional...

I once worked at CSC's library. Half-way through the year, the head librarian somehow got the idea that I was gay, and entered the office one morning yelling at me in front of the other employees.* She addressed me with an insulting slur rather than by my name, and insisted that if you're gay at this college, "you have to hide it." The academic dean took the supervisor's side on this isssue. I was warned not to tell anyone about this or face legal consequences. But this DID occur; I dare them to sue me for exposing them. They had ample opportunity to apologize or tell me that the college has changed, and regrets its previous stance; no one has /ever/ done so. This is a backwards, bigoted, prejudicial institution. I don't advise going to school or working here unless you want to get yelled at, insulted, harassed, and be subjected to absurd legal threats for telling the truth about this kind of treatment. Notice that they gave no response to my review here, tacitly admitting that everything I said above is correct and still represents their values.

*Her "gay-dar" was wildly malfunctioning, for what it's worth. OTOH I could quickly tell that one of her closest relatives was gay, and wonder if he had to suffer similar judgments from her more frequently, or if he successfully hid this from her until he was able to face her on a level of equivalence. Or perhaps she imagined that coming down hard on other imagined gays would somehow tamp down the issue and protect anyone from asking about her relative. No matter; whatever her motivation, her open prejudice, and disruption of a work environment in order to pursue her antagonism, had NO...

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