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But grading people, in general, is a suspect concept, and grading people on generals they haven't been prepared for is even more suspect.
During his seven-year tenure. Allen developed a national reputation in educational circies for innovation. In addition to pushing for a fast academic pace and academic credit for non academic experience emphasis on grading as a measure of learning and the use of non-confidential files and recommendations.
Samkange is willing to produce figures and explanations that on the face of it exonerate him entirely from the charge of prejudice in his grading. For instance, Samkange claims that by the time Leonard entered the course, a thinning-out process had already eliminated the poorer students, so that it...
Although the final form of the commission's statement had not been set, the initial complaint to the commission from Leonard charged that Samkange was prejudiced in his grading by a disagreement he had with Leonard over requirements in the course.
Why? Many students are using pass/fail options in difficult courses, thus reducing the percentage of low letter grades. For their part, many professors started giving higher grades in the late '60s to help students escape the draft, and some have wanted to avoid what they regard as the "punitive...