Tensions in higher-ed debates
Erin O’Connor is onto something in her discussion of this week’s Chronicle of Higher Ed article reporting a study of college student’s career orientation and lack of interest in a liberal education, and how a liberal education may well be at odds with the world-competitiveness language accompanying the announcement of a blue-ribbon commission on higher-ed […]
Student gripes
It seems a bit early to be hearing students complain about grades, but what do I know? There are various student gripes circulating around the net. And a colleague told me of a student who claimed that policies at my institution required that all grades be based on a 90%=A, 80%=B, etc., scale. (No, they […]