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Who Really Failed at LSU?

Posted on April 15, 2010 by | Comments Off on Who Really Failed at LSU?

Inside Higher Ed: Who Really Failed?

Dominique G. Homberger won’t apologize for setting high expectations for her students.

The biology professor at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge gives brief quizzes at the beginning of every class, to assure attendance and to make sure students are doing the reading. On her tests, she doesn’t use a curve, as she believes that students must achieve mastery of the subject matter, not just achieve more mastery than the worst students in the course. For multiple choice questions, she gives 10 possible answers, not the expected 4, as she doesn’t want students to get very far with guessing.

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Anger at LSU Over a Professor’s Reassignment

Posted on April 14, 2010 by | Comments Off on Anger at LSU Over a Professor’s Reassignment

The Advocate: Professor’s removal irks group

LSU faculty and a national professors association are upset about LSU removing a professor from teaching a class in the middle of the semester for allegedly grading too harshly.

The LSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors approved sending a written complaint Monday to LSU System President John Lombardi alleging a “violation of academic freedom and faculty rights” for changing student grades after the professor was unseated.

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Outsourced Grading, With Supporters and Critics, Comes to College

Posted on April 6, 2010 by | Comments Off on Outsourced Grading, With Supporters and Critics, Comes to College

The Chronicle: Some Papers Are Uploaded to Bangalore to Be Graded

Lori Whisenant knows that one way to improve the writing skills of undergraduates is to make them write more. But as each student in her course in business law and ethics at the University of Houston began to crank out—often awkwardly—nearly 5,000 words a semester, it became clear to her that what would really help them was consistent, detailed feedback.

Her seven teaching assistants, some of whom did not have much experience, couldn’t deliver. Their workload was staggering: About 1,000 juniors and seniors enroll in the course each year. “Our graders were great,” she says, “but they were not experts in providing feedback.”

That shortcoming led Ms. Whisenant, director of business law and ethics studies at Houston, to a novel solution last fall. She outsourced assignment grading to a company whose employees are mostly in Asia.

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Grades: Inquiry needed at Marshall U

Posted on September 30, 2009 by | Comments Off on Grades: Inquiry needed at Marshall U

Charleston Gazette: The Charleston Gazette — Grades: Inquiry needed

After West Virginia University’s 2008 calamity over a bogus degree given to Gov. Manchin’s daughter — which toppled a WVU president and several high administrators — you’d think that state-owned institutions would be leery of showing favoritism to children of important politicians.

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West Virginia: Emily, John Perdue discuss MU grades controversy

Posted on September 30, 2009 by | Comments Off on West Virginia: Emily, John Perdue discuss MU grades controversy

Charleston Gazette: Emily, John Perdue discuss MU grades controversy

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emily Perdue said she did nothing wrong and got no special treatment when she earned two A grades this summer to replace two “incomplete” grades for courses she took during the spring 2009 semester at Marshall University.

During an interview on Sunday, Perdue said she received the incomplete grades after she withdrew from two courses taught by Laura Wyant, a professor of adult and technical education at Marshall.

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Grading scandal at Marshall U

Posted on September 29, 2009 by | 1 comment

Charleston Daily Mail: Debate over changed grades heats up

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.–The dean of Marshall University’s largest college changed two grades given to West Virginia Treasurer John Perdue’s daughter, and the classroom professor is asking for an investigation by the university’s Faculty Senate.

The allegations come in the wake of controversy at Marshall’s College of Education and Human Services, which has been beset by a number of complaints and formal grievance filings centered on its executive dean, Rosalyn Templeton.

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