It makes me sick. Last fall, I had a student who blew her $400 book budget on "the cutest Coach bag EVER!" and neglected to buy any of her course books. Predictably, she flopped spectacularly -- but by complaining to Admin and having her daddy throw a fit, four profs (including myself) had their final grades overturned and amended.
It makes me sick. Last fall, I had a student who blew her $400 book budget on "the cutest Coach bag EVER!" and neglected to buy any of her course books. Predictably, she flopped spectacularly -- but by complaining to Admin and having her daddy throw a fit, four profs (including myself) had their final grades overturned and amended.
Sounds like fraud to me. I'd bet that the campus newspaper would love to publish an expose. I'd further bet that the students who worked their tails off for their grades would be outraged. The University administrators who signed off on this ought to be forced to resign over such abuse.
At my present employer, we had six or seven students fall below the minimum GPA required to begin their second year. One of the failing student’s father sits on our board of directors. Surprisingly, she was the only one of the failing students who will be allowed to take classes in the fall . . .