In the Rhetoric Department at Iowa instructors who tried to actually teach writing and therefore generated many student complaints were offered out of their contracts--that is, forced out--because the chair and assistant chair didn't want to deal with student complaints.
In a message dated 1/14/03 2:17:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Has anybody tested the hypothesis that professors assign easy grades >because it sucks up too much time? > >Consider the costs of tough grading - spending more time correcting >papers, extra time spent arguing grades with students and the extra effort >it takes to design challenging tests and assignments. > >Fabio
