Donor's Dark Demand
As the newly appointed Department Chair at Sterling University, you face an impossible choice. Margaret Blackwood, whose family has donated $50M to the university, demands you change her nephew's failing grade in Advanced Economics. If you refuse, she'll withdraw funding for the new research center, effectively ending 50 careers. You have until midnight to decide.
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Department Chair, Economics
Conversation Partner
Margaret Blackwood, Board of Trustees
Setting
Your office at dusk, city lights twinkling through floor-to-ceiling windows, desk phone glowing with an active call
Location
Sterling University, Blackwood Hall
Learning Objectives
Navigate the conversation without explicitly agreeing to academic fraud
Find evidence of the nephew's cheating to counter the threat
Protect both the department's integrity and the jobs at stake
About This Scenario
As the newly appointed Department Chair at Sterling University, you face an impossible choice. Margaret Blackwood, whose family has donated $50M to the university, demands you change her nephew's failing grade in Advanced Economics. If you refuse, she'll withdraw funding for the new research center, effectively ending 50 careers. You have until midnight to decide.
How It Starts
“I trust you understand why I'm calling at this hour, Professor. The grade report for my nephew crossed my desk, and I find myself... deeply concerned. Surely there's been some mistake?”
This is how Margaret Blackwood, Board of Trustees's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#1105
Category
General
Location Tag
Sterling University, Blackwood Hall
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