The professor has a full letter grade of discression that cannot be contested. This is standard practice at every university
discression = discretion
“The professor has a full letter grade of discression that cannot be contested. This is standard practice at every university”
So you would perfectly happy if, in a course you were taking that had a very liberal professor, you had earned a ‘C’ on all course work, but he gave you a ‘D’ because he didn’t like that you had challenged some of his ideas?
Parents would be much better off giving their kids 25K and a pile of pamphlets from the Small Bus. Administration upon graduation. An 18 year old kid would be better off investing in a small business than wasting time at most of our 4 year universities (I know this was no “kid”, but this is an indicator of where our Universities are heading as well as the “skulls of mush” that are presently attending....
actually, no.
There have been more than a few grad suits and professors do NOT have unfettered discression.
does a student fail because a student would not trade sex for grades?
does a student fail because a sudent said they agree with ronald reagan?
does a student fail because they don’t support the 9/11 conspiracy theories?
Many univeresities have adopted anonymous grading, students get a code for their exam so their names are not on there. This is to minimize professorial bias.
I doubt “destroy students grades on whim” is part of the orientation manual for professors.