02-12-2018, 08:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-12-2018, 08:55 AM by cookderosa.)
I think the college went above and beyond - probably because of the viral negative publicity. To think this is an isolated event, limited to distance learning, or somehow reflects on a specific institution's own merit is a narrow view of who little oversight instructors & professors have. Welcome to academic freedom, the land of no oversight.
In fact, I'd even go out on a limb and say that IF a faculty member EVER had a dept head reading the comments they wrote on a student's paper or "double checking" grades *as a matter of routine*, the college would face a lawsuit. Only if a student escalated something would there ever be any kind of checking. The instructor/faculty IS the authority in the classroom. Students suffer at the whim of faculty everywhere - one more reason to CLEP classes and get out with your degree as fast as possible.
In fact, I'd even go out on a limb and say that IF a faculty member EVER had a dept head reading the comments they wrote on a student's paper or "double checking" grades *as a matter of routine*, the college would face a lawsuit. Only if a student escalated something would there ever be any kind of checking. The instructor/faculty IS the authority in the classroom. Students suffer at the whim of faculty everywhere - one more reason to CLEP classes and get out with your degree as fast as possible.
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