$50.00 says it happens sooner ;o)
- Original Message -
From: Paul C Bernhardt
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:57 am
Subject: RE: [tips] Gambling on grades
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
> I wonder what is the over/under in number of academic years
> until the first scandal related to this: instructor paid off to
> ensure higher grades, cheating directly related to getting the
> payoff, etc. I'm guessing that the first events like this will
> happen within 5 years, but I'm putting the over/under on the
> scandal breaking at 8 years.
>
> Paul C. Bernhardt
> Department of Psychology
> Frostburg State University
> Frostburg, Maryland
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: don allen [mailto:dap...@shaw.ca]
> Sent: Tue 8/10/2010 11:25 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: [tips] Gambling on grades
>
> Just when you thought that students couldn't get any more
> focused on grades instead of learning:
>
> "LAS VEGAS - Think you're going to ace freshman year? Want to
> put money on that? A website called Ultrinsic is taking wagers
> on grades from students at 36 colleges nationwide starting this
> month. Just as Las Vegas sports books set odds on football
> games, Ultrinsic will pay you top dollar for A's, a little less
> for the more likely outcome of a B average or better, and so on.
> You can also wager you'll fail a class by buying what Ultrinsic
> calls "grade insurance.""
> More here:
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/ultrinsic-sponsors-
> gambli_n_676624.html
> or: http://tinyurl.com/sku
>
> -Don.
>
> Don Allen
> Retired professor
> Langara College
>
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