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  • Grading and Moral Hazard

    11/05/2024 3:20:30 AM PST · by karpov · 3 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | October 24, 2024 | John Staddon
    As political pressures for equity—equality of outcome—have grown in recent years, traditional methods of evaluating college students have come under threat. As the proportion of the population going to college has increased, the proportion of students who are not equipped to succeed has also increased. Dealing with an increasing number of marginal students in an equity-charged environment is one factor that has favored grade inflation. But there is a contributing factor that is built into the American system and has taken some years to reach fruition. When I first came to this country from Britain, I was surprised to find...
  • Larry Chavis and the Decay of the Academy. UNC encouraged its secretly recorded prof's activism. Until it didn't.

    07/08/2024 4:10:53 AM PDT · by karpov · 8 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | July 8, 2024 | John Staddon
    Larry Chavis is clinical professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC. He has taught there for 18 years on a renewable contract. He has now been told that his contract will not be renewed this year. The university has apparently acted in a totally legal way, but Chavis and his supporters are upset: Because of his long service, which seemed to promise some job security. Because a few of his lectures were apparently recorded, by built-in security camera. This arrangement is also apparently legal, though it seems tacky. As far as I know, the faculty...