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| Oregon University Eliminates Failing Grades |
| 2024-02-06 |
[HotAir] Some colleges and universities in the United States have been struggling with student performance, particularly since they began spending more time protesting Israel or the police than on the classes they signed up for. And the DEI push concerning who does or doesn't get admitted isn't helping either. But no school wants to go public and say that they are graduating a bunch of sub-par students, right? Western Oregon University has joined the ranks of those who are finding creative solutions to these challenges. They will simply no longer issue failing grades to anyone such as "D-" or "F." They will simply assign "no credit" to those who fail to complete the work in the hope that they will be less likely to drop out. Brilliant! (Fox News)An Oregon university announced they will abandon failing letter grades, citing a "GPA fixation" that negatively impacts students. |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #17 I nominate #14 for snark of the day. |
| Posted by: Glereter Glusosing6351 2024-02-06 16:03 |
| #16 Everytime I see Equity, I see Harrison Bergeron. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-02-06 15:14 |
| #15 Govt should only support those going to trade schools and signing that they will repay out of future wages. limit ? 12k? |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2024-02-06 14:17 |
| #14 Dean Whipple: "Honorees, please don't squeeze the degrees!" Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: Angaviger Glins1359 2024-02-06 13:46 |
| #13 Essentially making the point that there is very little distinction between a Western Oregon UniversityDiploma and Charmin toilet paper, except that the undergrad tuition alone would finance several lifetimes of the latter! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-02-06 12:27 |
| #12 Brown University tried something like this back in the late 60s. The grad schools were having none of it, and Brown retreated. Of course, maybe a lot of the "students" at Western Oregon aren't planning on grad school. |
| Posted by: Tom 2024-02-06 12:22 |
| #11 It's never going to be possible for some guy on a help desk in India to plunge your toilet or fix your wiring. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-06 12:08 |
| #10 I would advise young people these days to go into plumbing. When you need a plumber, you really need a plumber and you will gladly pay to get the problem fixed. |
| Posted by: Abu Laptop (same as Abu Uluque but on a different computer.) 2024-02-06 12:03 |
| #9 MikeKozlowski in May of 2010 I harrumphed the Govenor of Tennessee in a tavern in Rogersville, Tennessee. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2024-02-06 11:29 |
| #8 They should just close. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2024-02-06 10:01 |
| #7 Can't flunk 'em out. Gotta keep that sweet money rolling in. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2024-02-06 09:05 |
| #6 Meanwhile, at Dartmouth |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-06 09:02 |
| #5 No need to test and evaluate learning. Learning has not been the goal for quite some time. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-02-06 08:03 |
| #4 Now they're admitting their credentialing is nothing more than a scam for indenturing young people into debt to pad their bottom line. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-02-06 07:31 |
| #3 #1 "We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!" Posted by: Classer 2024-02-06 04:59 "I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!" Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2024-02-06 06:34 |
| #2 Looks like I went to the wrong college in the wrong era. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-02-06 05:45 |
| #1 "We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!" |
| Posted by: Classer 2024-02-06 04:59 |