> Employers thinking a UofM degree is a joke.

I've never cared about where the degree of someone comes from. You really think and employer is going to look at UofM and say "Oh, they gave their students a 1 semester reprieve, obviously they are of lower quality"?

> Hiring practices expanding to include multiple take-home exercises to prove competency.

Why would the policy of UofM change the hiring practices of companies that are not UofM? Where's the connection?

> Students not fully learning foundational knowledge they’ll need later because the class is an easy pass.

This may be a real harm, but ultimately they'll have to learn the foundational knowledge to continue going to UofM. Plenty of students fail to learn foundational knowledge outside of UofM, I know because I had to tutor them.