Also consider the possibility that many departments get budgets based on enrollments - and tough grades scare students away! Fabio
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 >
