The lowest possible grade a student could receive, no matter how poorly they did or how much work they missed, was a “C.”
What kind of a joke is this? So a vegetable can be enrolled for four years and graduate?
They need to learn about failing because that’s what they’re going to be doing living in their parent’s basement well into their 30s.
Sounds like you haven't hired or even dealt with recent college grads for a few decades.
C is failing.
No, the lowest grade being a ‘C’ regardless of absence or poor performance, was what the protestors were demanding.The demand was rejected.