Grading for a pandemic
Grading for a pandemic
- April 23, 2020
- Ami Glazer, economics, Inside Higher Ed, April 23, 2020
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Amihai Glazer, professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine, wrote in an Inside Higher Ed column that institutions should consider canceling spring terms where possible. Short of that, Glazer said in an interview that professors might relax standards for some students right now -- but not all. Specifically, Glazer advocated maintaining typical standards for upper-division courses populated by students closest to graduation. “They won’t have time to make it up,” he said. “And lowering standards for upper-division classes will hurt students once they’re on the job market.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/23/how-lenient-or-not-should-professors-be-students-right-now.
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