$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/3333sku > > -Don. > > Don Allen > Retired professor > Langara College > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=4102or > send a blank email to > leave-4102-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: dap...@shaw.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=4103or > send a blank email to > leave-4103-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4109 or send a blank email to leave-4109-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
