tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5491947515814839410..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: We failed students 'for years'. From CNN.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82782623878914875332014-01-29T19:54:46.011-05:002014-01-29T19:54:46.011-05:00That sort of thing happened at where I used to tea...That sort of thing happened at where I used to teach.<br /><br />My last department head passed anybody he wanted. In one course he taught, a certain student didn't do much work and disappeared after the mid-point. Yup, she got 50%, and a number of her fellow students resented that.<br /><br />In one course I taught, I had 2 students who were in the grey area in which they failed the courseQuarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80869978912388842502014-01-29T17:33:51.569-05:002014-01-29T17:33:51.569-05:00The thing is, you've been not failing them by ...The thing is, you've been not failing them by failing them (if that makes sense), while Chapel Hill was failing them by passing them. <br /><br />I fear that the distinction between these two ways of failing students is increasingly lost on those who create metrics to measure the "success" (another loaded word) of higher ed. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21168985590728597542014-01-29T11:56:43.901-05:002014-01-29T11:56:43.901-05:00From the CNN article:"... [UNC Provost] would...From the CNN article:"... [UNC Provost] would investigate whether student-athletes were "clustering" in departments or classes that were supposed to have easy grades ..." I suppose it's too much to ask that the provost be concerned about <i>any</i> students taking classes with easy grades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35898797852861563892014-01-29T08:00:21.630-05:002014-01-29T08:00:21.630-05:00Hell, I've been failing students for years. Y...Hell, I've been failing students for years. You get used to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com