Suit Claims Missouri Students Cut from Program Over Empathy
A former student at Webster University is suing the suburban St. Louis university, claiming he was dismissed from a master’s degree program because he supposedly lacked empathy.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the suit claims up to $1 million in losses and seeks at least $2 million in punitive damages. It was filed last week in St. Louis County.
Webster University declined comment.
The former student is 44-year-old David Schwartz of University City. He was studying to be a family counselor.
Schwartz says he thought he was doing well in the program. But in a meeting in March, the director of counseling education told him he needed to improve, citing taped counseling sessions that she said showed a lack of empathy. He was dropped a short time later.
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