The Chronicle: In an Online First, More Than 50 Kaplan U. Professors Back Creation of a Faculty Union
More than 50 faculty members at Kaplan University are attempting to create a union to counter what they describe as intimidation from administrators and pressure to inflate students’ grades. If their effort is successful, the union would be the first at an online institution, it is believed.
Kaplan University, which enrolls over 50,000 students nationwide, is a highly successful, for-profit online institution owned by the Washington Post Company. But in interviews this week, six current and former professors from two of the university’s departments alleged that administrators often discouraged faculty members from failing students or giving them D’s, even for poor performance. And if a student is caught cheating or plagiarizing, even on multiple occasions, the professors said they were often told simply to let the student redo the assignment.
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