$50.00 says it happens sooner ;o)
- Original Message -
From: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:57 am
Subject: RE: [tips] Gambling on grades
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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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